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Chemical Agents of Opportunity for Terrorism: TICs & TIMs

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<strong>Chemical</strong> <strong>Agents</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Opportunity</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Terrorism</strong><br />

Training Support Package<br />

Participant Guide<br />

Slide 13<br />

Radiation is energy in the <strong>for</strong>m <strong>of</strong> electromagnetic waves or subatomic particles.<br />

Radiation is usually thought <strong>of</strong> as either rapidly propagating waves or individual particles<br />

emitted by the nucleus (or other component) <strong>of</strong> an atom as it changes from a higher<br />

energy state to a lower energy state.<br />

Radiation can be classified as ionizing or non-ionizing, depending on its effect on atomic<br />

matter. "Radiation" usually refers to ionizing radiation, which is radiation that has<br />

sufficient energy to ionize atoms or molecules; non-ionizing radiation does not.<br />

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