what has a higher frequency gamma rays or x-rays

Question: what has a higher frequency gamma rays or x-rays
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Asked by c4meron to Chia-Yu on 20 Jun 2013.
- Chia-Yu Lin answered on 20 Jun 2013:
  
  Gamma ray has higher frequency than X-ray, although there is small portion overlap in their spectra.

chemnet commented on 26 Jun 2013:

Hi,

If you want to know more about waves, take a look at http://www.rsc.org/learn-chemistry/collections/spectroscopy/introduction#Introduction. The introduction has an animation to help you understand frequencies.

You might also like to take a look at one of the winning entries of the RSC Bill Bryson Prize – here some secondary school students talk about how waves help to keep us healthy (plus they talk about frequency!) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lhv4jMbdr7I&list=PLLnAFJxOjzZvOufVNexm2-RLV4fQ6R1V4&index=3

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