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    Electromagnetic spectrum

    Waves
    Dispersion of light
    EM spectrum
    • Radio waves
    • Micro waves
    • Infrared larger than 700
    Red 700 nm
    • Visible
    Violet 400 nm
    • Ultraviolet smaller than 400
    • X rays
    • Gamma rays
    Common properties of EM spectrum
    • All of these carry energy from one point to another.
    • All speed c= 3x10^8 m/s
    • All reflect and refract.
    • All are transverse in nature.
    • Can travel through vacuum.
    • All follow wave formula v=fλ
    Application of EM spectrum
    • Radio waves
    Local radio and television transmission. Longer wave length can bend around
    corners(diffract), Astronomers use radio telescopes to pick up radio signals from
    stars and galaxies to gain information about the Universe
    • Micro waves
    Satellite communication, mobile phone communication, it can pass through dust,
    haze, clouds, storm but antennas have to be highly directional. Used for cooking as
    water molecules are made to vibrate vigorously and food heats up due to friction.
    • Infra red.
    Hot objects emit IR rays, remote control, Intruder alarms, thermal imaging etc
    • Visible light
    Visible light is used by our eyes, camera, microscope, telescope etc to make images.
    • Ultra violet
    Skin tanning, sunbeds, sterilization( water treatment plants), flourecent
    material absorbs and emits visible light (tube light, clothes, bank notes)
    • X rays
    Radio graphy(can pass through flesh but not bone, shaddow image
    formed), radio therapy (targetting cancerous areas), body / luggage
    scanners at checkpoints, Inspection of welding joints.
    • Gamma rays.
    Gamma knife surgery, welding joints, They are used to both diagnose
    and treat cancer and also to kill harmful bacteria in food and on surgical
    instruments. In medical diagnostics, a radioactive tracer that emits
    gamma rays and is preferentially absorbed by cancer cells is placed in a
    patient’s body. Gamma-ray photography is then used to image the
    distribution of the tracer and hence the distribution of cancer cells.

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