Greetings again my dear friends of this prestigious platform especially to the friendly community of @project-hope, it will always be important to know about any type of radiation present in our environment and especially for its effect or application in our body, as is the case of beta radiation in this opportunity.

Introduction

In the vast majority of cases of the manifestations of energy radiations, in general, our eyes do not have the ability to visualize them, however, this aspect has not represented an obstacle for man to have been able to apply them in some activities of their daily lives, and all this undoubtedly thanks to the application of the wonderful field of technology.

The great technological development has allowed us to take huge or exponential steps towards our development in all senses, and for this, it has used all the fundamental knowledge that science has given and continues to give them through all this time, therefore, when we talk about technology in any sense we are referring equally to the field of science and vice versa.

In this opportunity we will relate in a general way with a type of radiation belonging to the family of corpuscular radiations, where the alpha rays are also found, unlike electromagnetic radiations, this type of radiation besides propagating energy also possesses mass charges, contrary to electromagnetic radiations which only possess energy when propagated.

It is important to emphasize that each type of energy manifestation is found in our environment, and with it, has the possibility of making contact with our body, and that is why man throughout history has had the great interest to analyze them and learn more about them and especially the effect and usefulness to our bodies.

Beta radiation in our body

When we talk about any type of radiation, it will always be important to know how it acts in our body, and also to know if these radiations are ionizing or not, when they come into contact with our organism, therefore, my dear readers, beta radiation is represented by electrons with great speed, and that also belong to the family of ionizing radiations.

Although beta rays have greater penetrability than alpha rays, however, when compared to other radiations such as X-rays and gamma rays, they are less penetrating than these electromagnetic radiations, and this relationship can be seen in Figure 1 below.

It is important to express that thanks to the advances in technology, instruments have been generated which are capable of visualizing these ionizing radiations such as beta rays, and this can be seen through the implementation of the so-called fog chamber as shown in figure 2 below.

This application technology has also allowed us to implement these radiations in our body even though they represent a danger to us when we come into contact with them, however, this aspect of danger due to the nexus science and technology has been reversed and use this radiation in our favor as you can see below in the following figure 3.

Conclusion

In this way we have drawn or written our history as humanity, and the road is still very long, however, at present we are reliable witnesses of each of the technological advances that through scientific knowledge have been achieved and developed for the benefit of all of us.

Each of the radiations present in our surroundings has required great analysis, but this effort has allowed us to learn more about our environment and their effects on our body, either negatively or positively as we could see in the previous figure 3 and its application in our body.

Until another opportunity, my dear friends, everything that surrounds us will always have an influence on our existence, and without a doubt, radiation is a clear example of this.

Note: All images are my own and made in Power Poin, the animated gif was made using the PhotoScape application.

Bibliographic references consulted and recommended

[1]What is Radioactivity?.

[2]FUNDAMENTAL RADIATION CONCEPTS.