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Is it possible for non-ionizing radiation to impact the rate of chemical reactions?

• cogman10 4y ago
  Yes. But that's not as scary as it sounds. Chemical reactions speed up and slow down based on temperature. In other words, getting under a blanket or walking in the cold are impacting the rate of chemical reactions in your body. Non ionizing radiation (such as infrared) can heat you up impacting chemical reactions. However, it's impacting you less than the impact of the lightbulb in your room (which throws off anywhere from 10 to 100W of non-ionizing radiation).
  • feet 4y ago
    I apologize, I should have been more specific. My question was specifically about non-heat related effects