How is RF radiation different to the radiation we learn about in school?
What can they penetrate and what can block them?
I looked up articles but i don’t really understand. I’ve been sleeping with my phone under my pillow for 7 years and i need to know if my pillow was enough to block out the RF radiation emitted by my phone or if i have an increased risk in brain cancer.
(Sorry if this is all phrased incorrectly, i’ve been panicking for the past few minutes)
In: Chemistry
Something that the other replies didn’t really cover is the difference between ionizing and non-ionizing radiation.
Ionizing is the dangerous stuff. You know the whole atomic model where you have protons and neutrons in a ball in the middle and electrons orbiting that? Ionizing radiation is capable of stripping off electrons from the atoms it hits.
This can have all kinds of effects, like causing chemical bonds to break. Your body relies on chemical bonds to hold your DNA together, so that’s bad.
Of all the types of ionizing radiation you listed, only gamma radiation is actually electromagnetic radiation. Alpha and beta radiation are actually particles themselves.
Gamma rays, X-rays, and UV rays are dangerous because they’re so energetic. Basically, the photons themselves have a lot of energy – enough to break molecular bonds. They’re just light otherwise. Radio frequency radiation is also just light, but it’s not a frequency you can see – it’s actually less energetic than visible light.
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