X-RAYS

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  • X-rays have much higher energy and much shorter wavelengths than ultraviolet light, and scientists usually refer to x-rays in terms of their energy rather than their wavelength.
  • Proponent of x-ray : Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen
  • X-ray - no bigger than a single atom
  • X-rays were first observed and documented in 1895 by German scientist Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen.