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Siderite specimen. (RF Company/Alamy)
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from article Radiation injury to plants and animals
The total range of wavelengths and frequencies of electromagnetic radiation, extending from the longest radio waves to the shortest known cosmic rays. In general, exposure to electromagnetic radiation can be injurious to living matter, resulting in…
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from article Radiation injury to plants and animals
Thirty-day mortality of mice exposed acutely to fast neutrons, x-rays, and gamma rays. (Credit: A. C. Upton)
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Squamous cell carcinoma is one of the most common forms of human skin cancer and is often caused by exposure to various forms of ionizing or ultraviolet radiation. (Copyright © McGraw-Hill Education)
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from article Heat balance of the Earth
Heat balance of the Earth and the atmosphere system. The solar (SOL) constant used in the calculations is 1366 W/m2 so that the effective incoming solar flux is 342 W/m2, while the global albedo used is 30%. The atmosphere given in the figure…
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Components of the annual mean absorbed solar flux, emitted infrared flux, and net radiative flux as functions of latitude at the top of the atmosphere derived from satellite broadband radiation measurements. (Data taken from K. N. Liou, 2002)
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from article Photoelasticity
Basic photoelastic polariscope.
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from article Photoelasticity
Isochromatic fringe pattern for plate with hole. (From M. M. Frocht, Photoelasticity, vol. 2, John Wiley and Sons, 1948)
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from article Cancrinite
Cancrinite with biotite in nepheline syenite rock, Bigwood Township, Ontario, Canada. (Specimen from Department of Geology, Bryn Mawr College)
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East Indies. The tinted areas represent the shallow continental shelves of Sundaland and northern Australia, drawn at the 660-ft (200-m) isobath. The western boundary of Wallacea is Wallace's Line of 1863. The eastern boundary is Lydekker's Line,…
