Ranges in Electromagnetic Spectrum


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Joana Fang 1K
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Ranges in Electromagnetic Spectrum

Postby Joana Fang 1K » Tue Oct 19, 2021 3:10 pm

Are there set ranges that classify the ranges that different types of waves fall under or is there some grey area? If someone has a good picture/resource, could you post it?

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Re: Ranges in Electromagnetic Spectrum

Postby Bryan Cheng 1H » Tue Oct 19, 2021 3:22 pm

The ranges are a bit fuzzy, especially the visible region (some people can actually see frequencies that others can't). It's just difficult to neatly divide a (mostly) continuous spectrum into chunks. This is why we say that the visible region is between about 400 and about 700nm; this is a handy rule of thumb, but is not totally accurate.

However, Wikipedia has a nice graphic that lays out the different types of waves: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromagnetic_spectrum#/media/File:Electromagnetic-Spectrum.svg

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Re: Ranges in Electromagnetic Spectrum

Postby Melody_Tapia_1J » Tue Oct 19, 2021 3:43 pm

yes of course!
hope this helps:
https://postimg.cc/94XPsWTp


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