Characteristics:
Can pass through walls,
Longer range, Not light
sensitive and has the
longest wavelength
Uses:
Telecommunication,
broadcasting
Wavelength: > 10⁻¹ m
Frequency: < 3 × 10⁹ Hz
Energy: < 2 × 10⁻²⁴ J
Characteristics:
Intermediate wavelengths,
higher energy than radio
waves.
Uses:
Locating objects through
radar system, cooking,
telephone and other signals
Wavelength:
10⁻³ to 10⁻¹ m
Frequency:
3 × 10⁹ to 3 × 10¹¹ Hz
Energy:
2 × 10⁻²⁴ to 2 × 10⁻²² J
Characteristics:
Discovered by an astronomer
Sir Frederick William Herschel,
associated with heat, and
longer than visible light
wavelengths.
Uses:
Night vision equipment,
Thermography, Cooking, Short
range communication
Wavelength:
7 × 10⁻⁷ to 10⁻³ m
Frequency:
3 × 10¹¹ to 4 × 10¹⁴ Hz
Energy:
2 × 10⁻²² to 3 × 10⁻¹⁹ J
Characteristics:
The only part of the
spectrum visible to the
human eye, includes all
colors.
Uses:
Make things able to see
Wavelength:
4 × 10⁻⁷ to 7 × 10⁻⁷ m
Frequency:
4 × 10¹⁴ to 7.5 × 10¹⁴ Hz
Energy:
3 × 10⁻¹⁹ to 5 × 10⁻¹⁹ J
Characteristics: Electromagnetic
waves that can be absorbed by
certain chemicals and emitted ads
visible light, frequency higher than
that of the visible light but lower than
the x-rays
Uses:
Identification of counterfeit notes,
treatment of skin complaints,
energy-efficient lamp, kill bacteria in
food and surgical instruments, helps
in the production of Vitamin D and
absorption of calcium
Wavelength:
10⁻⁸ to 4 × 10⁻⁷ m
Frequency:
7.5 × 10¹⁴ to 3 × 10¹⁶ Hz
Energy:
5 × 10⁻¹⁹ to 2 × 10⁻¹⁷ J
Characteristics: It can
pass through most
materials including inside
our body, produced when
electrons strike a target or
when electrons are
rearranged within an atom
Uses:
Radio therapy, radiography
Wavelength:
10⁻¹¹ to 10⁻⁸ m
Frequency:
3 × 10¹⁶ to 3 × 10¹⁹ Hz
Energy:
2 × 10⁻¹⁷ to 2 × 10⁻¹⁴ J
Characteristics:
Originate from the nucleus of
a radionuclide after
radioactive decay, shortest
wavelengths and extremely
high energy.
Uses:
Sterilization of medical
instruments, diagnosis and
treatment of diseases such as
cancer
Wavelength:
< 10⁻¹¹ m
Frequency:
> 3 × 10¹⁹ Hz
Energy:
> 2 × 10⁻¹⁴ J
