Concept: ionising radiation in the concept vocabulary

Concept URI	http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/concept/4491
Preferred label	ionising radiation
Definition	Radiation that is capable of energizing atoms sufficiently to remove electrons from them. In this state atoms become more reactive, so that ionizing radiation increases chemical activity and in this way produces biological effects, including effects that involve alterations induced in DNA. X-rays and gamma-rays are the only electromagnetic waves that cause ionization in biological material.
Notation
Status	Valid
Status Modified	2013-12-05
Accepted Date	2013-12-05
Not Accepted Date
Has broader	6884 (radiation) in gemet2/concept
Has narrower	342 (alpha radiation) in gemet2/concept 3554 (gamma radiation) in gemet2/concept 782 (beta radiation) in gemet2/concept 8742 (ultraviolet radiation) in gemet2/concept 9398 (X ray) in gemet2/concept
Is related to	5741 (nuclear reaction) in gemet2/concept
Has related match	http://dbpedia.org/resource/Ionizing_radiation
Has exact match	http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_11828 http://eurovoc.europa.eu/5287
Has close match	http://data.uba.de/umt/_00013715
Source	ALL (Macmillan Dictionary of the Environment - Third Edition) in gemet2/source