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

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asked Jan 30, 2022 in Food Engineering by Amelia (93.8k points)

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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The origin of the question is Principles of Food Irradiation-1 topic in portion Principles of Chemical Preservation of Food, Principles of Food Irradiation and Food Quality factors of Food Engineering

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