Question

Which of the following fact about radiation/ irradiation is true?

a.

All food items consumed by man are radioactive

b.

Alpha and beta particles and gamma photons are the radiations available for food preservation applications

c.

Energy lost per ion pair formed is greater than the ionization energy

d.

All of the mentioned

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Answer: (d).All of the mentioned

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