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by kragen 271 days ago
I don't think ionizing atoms inside a battery will harm it. They don't have DNA.
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I don't know about batteries, but ionizing radiation can definitely permanently damage microelectronics, and those don't have DNA either.
Thankfully functionality isn't usually necessary to get a successful scan, unlike living targets.
It can, yes, but batteries also don't have microelectronics.