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Electromagnetic Spectrum Overview

The document describes the electromagnetic spectrum, which consists of different types of electromagnetic radiation ranging from radio waves to gamma rays. It notes that electromagnetic radiation travels via photon wave particles at the speed of light and carries radiant energy. A diagram shows the different types of electromagnetic radiation organized by increasing frequency and decreasing wavelength, and some of their applications are listed. The visible light portion of the spectrum is further described.

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Electromagnetic Spectrum Overview

The document describes the electromagnetic spectrum, which consists of different types of electromagnetic radiation ranging from radio waves to gamma rays. It notes that electromagnetic radiation travels via photon wave particles at the speed of light and carries radiant energy. A diagram shows the different types of electromagnetic radiation organized by increasing frequency and decreasing wavelength, and some of their applications are listed. The visible light portion of the spectrum is further described.

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The infinite range of frequencies of electromagnetic radiation - an effect of

The Electromagnetic Spectrum electromagnetism that travels by photon wave particles at the speed of light and
carries radiant energy.
Michael Faraday, James Maxwell

Increasing energy, frequency (Hz), & danger

Increasing wavelength (m)

Radio Waves Microwaves Infrared Visible Light Ultraviolet X-Rays Gamma Rays
3 Hz - 300 GHz 300 MHz - 300 GHz 300 GHz - 400 THz 400 THz - 770 THz 750 THz - 30 PHz 30 PHz - 30 EHz >15 EHz
100 km - 1 m 1 m - 1mm 1 mm - 750 nm 750 nm - 390 nm 400 nm - 10 nm 10 nm - .01 nm <.02 nm

AM, FM, TV, radar, Wi-Fi, microwave remote, night vision vision, photography, suntan, sunburn, baggage screen, PET imaging, cosmic
communications oven illumination dental curing medical x-ray rays

Heinrich Hertz Heinrich Hertz William Herschel Johann Ritter Wilhelm Rontgen Paul Villard,
William Henry Bragg,
Ernest Rutherford,
Edward Andrade

⨍ = frequency Roy G. Biv


⋋ = wavelength R = red
O = orange
E = photon energy Y = yellow
G = green
c = speed of light
B = blue
299,792,458 m/s
I = indigo
700 600 500 400
h = Planck’s constant nm nm nm nm V = violet
6.62606957(29)
× 10 -34 J∙s •White light is the combination of all the different wavelengths in the visible range of the spectrum.
•When white light is passed through a prism it is split into the different colors, as in a rainbow.
⨍ = c/⋋
•Our perception of the world is based on the eye’s detection of this range of electromagnetic radiation.
⨍ = E/h •Colors containing only one wavelength are called pure colors.
•Mixes of multiple wavelengths are called unsaturated. NewSullivanPrep.com

E = hc/⋋ •Objects appear colored because of light absorption, reflection, or emission.


•Redshift indicates that an object is moving away from an observer.
•Blueshift indicates that an object is moving towards an observer.
The infinite range of frequencies of electromagnetic radiation - an effect of
The Electromagnetic Spectrum ____________________ that travels by ___________________________________ at the speed
of ____________________ and carries ____________________ energy.

Increasing _______________, _______________,& _______________

Increasing _______________

Visible Light

⨍= Roy G. Biv
⋋= R=
O=
E= Y=
G=
c=
B=
I=
h= V=

•_______________ is the combination of all the different wavelengths in the visible range of the spectrum.
•When white light is passed through a ______________ it is split into the different colors, as in a rainbow.
⨍ = __ /__ •Our perception of the world is based on the eye’s detection of this range of __________________________.
⨍ = __ /__ •Colors containing only one wavelength are called ____________________________.
•Mixes of multiple wavelengths are called ____________________________________.
NewSullivanPrep.com
E = ____ /__ •Objects appear colored because of light ______________, ______________, or ______________.
•____________________ means an object is moving away from an observer.
•____________________ means an object is moving towards an observer.

Radio Waves 3 Hz - 300 GHz 100 km - 1 m AM, FM, TV, radar, communications Heinrich Hertz Microwaves 300 MHz - 300 GHz 1 m -
•_______________ is the combination of all the different wavelengths in the visible range of the spectrum. •When white light

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