Chapter 11.6 - Electromagnetic Waves

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Electromagnetic Waves

transverse progressive waves made of electric and magnetic fields that oscillate at right angles to each other and to the direction of wave travel.

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Electromagnetic Spectrum from highest wavelength and lowest frequency to longest wavelength and highest frequency

Radio waves, Microwaves,Infrared waves, Visible light, UV Light, X- Rays, Gamma Rays

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Possible range of wavelengths of Visible light

7×10-7 to 4×10-7 metres

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Possible range of overlap between X-Rays and Gamma Rays

10-10 to 10-13 metres

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Speed that all EM waves travel at

3.0 × 108 ms-1 (The speed of light, Denoted by ‘c’)

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Equation of an EM wave

c=f x lambda