since X rays have more energy than UV rays, does that mean that they will cause the same chemical reactions as UV but faster?

Depends upon the wavelength of the bonds you are trying to break to initiate reaction. UV will initiate a reaction if it breaks bonds in one of the reactants, leaving behind a radical that will react. If you hit the system with an x-ray instead, then you might not break your target bonds as they vibrate/break at different frequencies. It coulds pass straight through, or hit different bonds.

 

This leads to a question: Does anyone know if you can get a different reaction occuring by hitting the same system with different radiation? i.e. the UV breaking one type of bond, leading to reaction A. Then x-rays, microwaves or some other type of radiation hitting the same starting system, breaking different bonds, leading to a reaction B with different products?

yes it would be possible to change the reaction occuring by changing the wavelength of light it is irradiated with.

 

although X-Rays are high enough up the energy scale that they're just going to ionize everything rather than merely breaking a bond.

X-rays, with their smaller wavelength, slip right through a lot of stuff that would absorb UV. Hence, X-ray machines.

yes, but i was reffering to when they do eventually hit something.

Yeah, I know. I was giving another reason why increasing the frequency won't just speed up the same effects.