Download Radio Microwave Infrared Visible Speed in Vacuum 3.00 x 108 m s

Radio
Speed in Vacuum
3.00 x 108 m⁄s
Microwave
3.00 x 108 m⁄s
Infrared
3.00 x 108 m⁄s
1.24 x 10-7 eV
1.24 x 10-3 eV
1.24 x 100 eV
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1.24 x 10-10 eV
1.24 x 10-7 eV
1.24 x 10-3 eV
3 x 104 Hz
3 x 108 Hz
3 x 1011 Hz
4 x 1012 Hz
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109
1011
1014
Energy Range
Frequency Range
3x
Hz
3x
1 x 10-1 m
Wavelength Range
Hz
4x
1 x 10-3 m
Visible
3.00 x 108 m⁄s
1.24 x 100 eV
Hz
8 x 1012 Hz
1 x 10-3 m
7 x 10-7 m
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1 x 105 m
1 x 100 m
7 x 10-7 m
4 x 10-7 m
Football Field
Humans
Cells
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Planets
Pinheads
Bacteria
No
Partially
Partially
No
Ionizing or Non-I?
Non-Ionizing
Non-Ionizing
Non-Ionizing
Non-Ionizing
Year of Discovery
1887
1888
1800
1671
Heinrich Hertz
Heinrich Hertz
William Herschel
Isaac Newton
Length Comparison
Atmosphere Blocks?
Discoverer
Source on Earth?
 Lightning
Applications
 Communication
 Broadcasting
 Radar
Source in Universe
 Solar Flares
 Pulsars
 Quasars
Use in astronomy
Telescopes
 Detect Magnetic
Field Changes
 Parkes Radio
Telescope
 Very Large Array
 Spitzer Space
Telescope
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Warm Objects
Terrain
Clouds
Meteorology
Communication
GPS
Cell Phones
Microwaves
 Stars
 Background
Radiation
 View Surface
through Clouds
 Big Bang
Research
 Stellar System
Formation
 Galaxy Formation
 Atacama Large
Millimeter Array
(ALMA)
 Wilkinson
Microwave
Anisotropy Probe
(WMAP)
 Atacama Large
Millimeter Array
(CARMA)
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Bacteria
Warm Objects
Animals
Terrain
Pinpoint Fires
Climate Changes
Thermal Imaging
Vegetation Health
Soil Composition
Warm Objects
Planets
Cooler Stars
Nebulae
Detect Faint
Objects
 See into dust
clouds
 See Altitude of
Atmospheric
Layers
 Anything That
Emits Light
 Hubble Space
Telescope
 Wide-field
Infrared Survey
Explorer
 United Kingdom
Infrared
Telescope
 Most Ground
Telescopes
 Hubble Space
Telescope
 Keck Observatory
 Gran Telescopio
Canarias
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Lasers
Printers
DVD/CD Players
Measure
Movement
 Stars
 Chemical
Composition
 Measure Stars’
Temperature
Ultraviolet
3.00 x 108 m⁄s
3.00 x 108 m⁄s
1 x 101 eV
1 x 105 eV
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3 x 100 eV
1 x 102 eV
8 x 1014 Hz
3 x 1019 Hz
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3 x 1016 Hz
3 x 1016 Hz
1 x 10-7 m
1 x 10-11 m
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4 x 10-7 m
1 x 10-8 m
Length Comparison
Viruses
Atoms
Atomic Nuclei
Atmosphere Blocks?
Partially
Yes
Yes
Ionizing or Non-I?
Ionizing
Ionizing
Ionizing
Year of Discovery
1801
1895
1900
Johann Ritter
Wilhelm Conrad
Paul Villard
Speed in Vacuum
Energy Range
Frequency Range
Wavelength Range
Discoverer
X-Ray
Gamma
3.00 x 108 m⁄s
> 1 x 105 eV
> 1 x 1019 Hz
< 1 x 10-11 m
 Charged Particles
Colliding
 Radioisotopes
 Thunderstorms
 Tanning Lamps
 Black Lights
 Forgery
Prevention
 FDA Sterilization
 Bug Zappers
 Forensic, Protein,
DNA Analysis
 Medical Imaging
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Medical Imaging
Microscopes
Security
Fluorescence
 Alter semiprecious stones
 Industrial
Refining
 Security
 Sanitation
 Treat Cancer
 Medical Diagnosis
Source in Universe
 Stars
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Stars
Pulsars
Supernovae
Blackholes
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Use in astronomy
 Temperature of
gas
 Formation of
Stars
 Locate Stellar
Nurseries
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See energy flows
Composition
Density
Temperature
 High energy
physics
 Planet
composition
Telescopes
 Lyman-Alpha
Mapping Project
(LAMP)
 Swift Gamma-Ray
Burst Mission
 Hinode
 Chandra X-ray
Observatory
 Hubble Space
 Spitzer Space
Source on Earth?
 Aurora
 Sunlight
Applications
Pulsars
Quasars
AGNs
γ-Ray Bursts
 Swift
 Fermi Gamma Ray
Space Telescope