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Which type of radiation can penetrate several centimeters of concrete? alpha, beta, gamma, or positron
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Gamma.
Alpha are the least penetrating, followed by beta and then finally gamma as the most penetrating. Several centimeters of concrete are nothing for gamma rays because you need as much as a meter of it to stop them.
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