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ionizing radiation

radiation that carries enough energy to liberate electrons from atoms or molecules
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Summary

ionizing radiation is a physical phenomenon[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of physical phenomenon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,854 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: radiation[3], physical phenomenon[4]
  • Commons category: Ionizing radiation[5]
  • Unicode character: ☢[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Ionizing radiation[7]
  • Has effect: radiation-induced neoplasms[8], radiation injury[9]
  • Exact match: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_21001219[10]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[11]
  • Handled, mitigated, or managed by: radiation protection[12]

Why It Matters

ionizing radiation has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] It is known by 78 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

Related Entities

carcinogenesis radiobiology

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Environment Ontology. Retrieved . raw.githubusercontent.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . osha.gov. osha.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 10w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → ionizing-radiation
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: ionizing-radiation, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289936766|ionizing radiation (#289936766)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|H"
  2. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 2dSU9j
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  3. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0005740-ionizujici-zareni
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: h0005740-ionizujici-zareni, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259494|batch #259494]]"
  4. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    Topic's main category → Category:Ionizing radiation
    Instance of → —
    Handled, mitigated, or managed by → radiation protection
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-single-property-update:1||2 */ Yso id, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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