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Electromagnetic Spectrum

The document outlines the electromagnetic spectrum, detailing various types of electromagnetic waves including radio waves, microwaves, infrared waves, visible light, ultraviolet rays, X-rays, and gamma rays, along with their properties and applications. It highlights key scientists such as James Clerk Maxwell and Heinrich Hertz who contributed to the understanding of these waves. Additionally, it discusses the effects of electromagnetic radiation on living organisms and the environment.

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Electromagnetic Spectrum

The document outlines the electromagnetic spectrum, detailing various types of electromagnetic waves including radio waves, microwaves, infrared waves, visible light, ultraviolet rays, X-rays, and gamma rays, along with their properties and applications. It highlights key scientists such as James Clerk Maxwell and Heinrich Hertz who contributed to the understanding of these waves. Additionally, it discusses the effects of electromagnetic radiation on living organisms and the environment.

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LEARNING COMPETENCIES:

• compare the relative wavelengths of different forms


of electromagnetic waves.
• cite examples of practical applications of the
different regions of EM waves, such as the use of
radio waves in telecommunications.
• explain the effects of EM radiation on living things
and the environment.
ELECTROMAGNETIC
SPECTRUM
JAMES CLERK MAXWELL – a Scottish scientist who
formulated the electromagnetic theory.
- predicted the existence of
electromagnetic waves.

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES – disturbances produced


by accelerating charged particles, such as
vibrating electrons, which cause a changing
electric field and a changing magnetic field.
HEINRICH HERTZ – a German scientist who
verified the predictions of maxwell.

Electromagnetic waves are sometimes called


HERTZIAN WAVES.

HERTZ APPARATUS – a setup used to


generate and detect electromagnetic
waves.
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES are radiations in the
form of heat, light, and electromagnetic energy, which
propagated in space at the speed of light.

The speed of an electromagnetic wave is related to


the frequency and wavelength by the
equation ,where , the speed of light.

(read as “lambda”)
RADIO WAVES

• Electromagnetic waves that are invisible to the


human eye and generated by the oscillation of
electrons in an atom.
• The longest electromagnetic waves.
• Discovered by Heinrich Hertz (German scientist) in
1887.
MICROWAVES

• Commonly used in microwave ovens and


generated by electronic devices.
• These are extremely high frequency radio waves.
• Discovered by James Clerk Maxwell (Scottish
scientist) in 1864.
INFRARED WAVES

• The longest wavelength of the visible light


spectrum and although they are invisible to the
human naked eye, they can be felt as heat.
• Discovered by Sir William Herschel (British
astronomer) in 1800.
VISIBLE LIGHT

• The only part of the spectrum that can be detected


by the human eye.
• The sequence of colors of visible light from longest
to shortest may be remembered by the acronym
ROYGBIV.
• Discovered by Isaac Newton in1665.
ULTRAVIOLET RAYS (RADIATION)

• The energy of longer UV waves is enough to trigger a


chemical change in skin pigments, resulting in skin
darkening.
• Sunlight is the main source of UV radiation on earth.
• Discovered by Johann Wilhelm Ritter (German
physicist) in 1801.
X-RAYS

• Can penetrate several centimeters into most solid


objects but are absorbed at different degrees by all
kinds of materials.
• Sometimes called as Roentgen rays.
• Discovered by Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen
(German physicist) in 1895.
GAMMA RAYS

• Have the highest energy in the electromagnetic


spectrum and used in medical diagnoses that
involve giving a patient a radioactive chemical that
emits gamma rays.
• Discovered by Paul Villard (French chemist and
physicist) in 1900.

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