What are the relative strenghts of alpha, beta, and gamma rays?
If I understand your question you are referring to the strength from a safety point of view. Inside the body there is a quality factor associated with exposure that is supposed to adjust for the damage that different types of radiation can do inside of the body. The radiation weighting factor is essentially the same but is replacing QF in most lanquage. If you look that up, you will see the numbers are essentially the same. QF quality factor A measure of the effectiveness of a radiation at producing injury in a biological system. It is dependent on the linear energy transfer of a radiation. The dose times the quality factor is known as an equivalent dose. The quality factor has been superceded by the radiation weighting factor in the definition of the equivalent dose, except for calculations. x-rays: QF = 1 Gamma Rays: QF = 1 Beta Particles: QF = 1 Neutrons, Unknown Energy: QF = 10 High-Energy Protons: QF = 10 Alpha Particles: QF = 20 Multiple-Charged Particle: QF = 20 Heavy particles,
