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Question
Name the parts of the electromagnetic spectrum which is
used as a diagnostic tool in medicine.
Write in brief, how these waves can be produced.
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Solution
X rays are used as a diagnostic tool in medicine.
These rays are produced when high energy electrons are stopped suddenly on a metal of high atomic number.
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