What happens when Frequency of EM radiation decreases?


Moderators: Chem_Mod, Chem_Admin

Kainath Kamil Dis 2K
Posts: 103
Joined: Fri Sep 24, 2021 5:37 am

What happens when Frequency of EM radiation decreases?

Postby Kainath Kamil Dis 2K » Sun Oct 17, 2021 2:17 am

The Textbook says " The extent of the change in the electric field at a given point decreases." I am having trouble understanding this answer and why it is not "energy of radiation decreases" or "speed of radiation decreases"

Renga Rengappa 1D
Posts: 102
Joined: Fri Sep 24, 2021 5:34 am

Re: What happens when Frequency of EM radiation decreases?

Postby Renga Rengappa 1D » Sun Oct 17, 2021 10:00 am

I believe that answer is just a graphical representation of saying the energy decreases. If you think about it in the context of the wave graph, with amplitude, frequency and slope of the wave, when frequency decreases the slope will also decrease. Thus because the slope decreases, the rate of change becomes smaller, which is basically what the textbook answer is saying.

Emaad Sohail 3F
Posts: 90
Joined: Fri Sep 24, 2021 5:13 am

Re: What happens when Frequency of EM radiation decreases?

Postby Emaad Sohail 3F » Sun Oct 17, 2021 12:48 pm

Basically what the previous response said- when frequency decreases, wavelength gets longer, and the slope of the tangent line to wavelength (or its derivative) decreases too.


Return to “Properties of Light”

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 3 guests