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Re: Exposure from flight

At 08:32 PM 05/20/2002 +0000, Gary and Kris Troyer wrote:

>If so, is it really true that the metal detectors that one walks through 

>at airports are using x-rays?



No. Metal detectors use electromagnetic fields (RF) to stimulate Eddy 

currents in metals.



mike

Mike McNaughton

Los Alamos National Lab.

email: mcnaught@LANL.gov or mcnaughton@LANL.gov

phone: 505-667-6130



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