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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Is gamma radiation detectable by humans without equipment?

OpenStudy (unklerhaukus):

do you specifically mean high energy photons i.e. emitted from a nucleus, or do you mean general photons of undetermined energy

OpenStudy (anonymous):

i mean high energy photons emitted from a nucleus

OpenStudy (anonymous):

no it is not detectable by humans. Gamma rays are usually naturally produced on Earth by decay of high energy states in atomic nuclei (gamma decay). Important natural sources are also high-energy sub-atomic particle interactions resulting from cosmic rays...

OpenStudy (unklerhaukus):

humans have no sense tuned to this frequency

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