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  2. Electromagnetic spectrum - Wikipedia

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    In frequency (and thus energy), UV rays sit between the violet end of the visible spectrum and the X-ray range. The UV wavelength spectrum ranges from 399 nm to 10 nm and is divided into 3 sections: UVA, UVB, and UVC. UV is the lowest energy range energetic enough to ionize atoms, separating electrons from them, and thus causing chemical reactions.

  3. Wavenumber - Wikipedia

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    It equals the spatial frequency. For example, a wavenumber in inverse centimeters can be converted to a frequency expressed in the unit gigahertz by multiplying by 29.979 2458 cm/ns (the speed of light, in centimeters per nanosecond); [5] conversely, an electromagnetic wave at 29.9792458 GHz has a wavelength of 1 cm in free space.

  4. Wavelength - Wikipedia

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    The wavelength of visible light ranges from deep red, roughly 700 nm, to violet, roughly 400 nm ... Conversion: Wavelength to Frequency and vice versa – Sound waves ...

  5. Rydberg formula - Wikipedia

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    Its frequency is thus the Lyman-alpha hydrogen frequency, increased by a factor of (Z − 1) 2. This formula of f = c / λ = (Lyman-alpha frequency) ⋅ ( Z − 1) 2 is historically known as Moseley's law (having added a factor c to convert wavelength to frequency), and can be used to predict wavelengths of the K α (K-alpha) X-ray spectral ...

  6. Electromagnetic radiation - Wikipedia

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    As a wave, light is characterized by a velocity (the speed of light), wavelength, and frequency. As particles, light is a stream of photons. Each has an energy related to the frequency of the wave given by Planck's relation E = hf, where E is the energy of the photon, h is the Planck constant, 6.626 × 10 −34 J·s, and f is the frequency of ...

  7. Spectral flux density - Wikipedia

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    The relative spectral flux density is also useful if we wish to compare a source's flux density at one wavelength with the same source's flux density at another wavelength; for example, if we wish to demonstrate how the Sun's spectrum peaks in the visible part of the EM spectrum, a graph of the Sun's relative spectral flux density will suffice.

  8. Radiant intensity - Wikipedia

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    Radiosity of a surface per unit frequency or wavelength. The latter is commonly measured in W⋅m −2 ⋅nm −1. This is sometimes also confusingly called "spectral intensity". J e,λ [nb 4] watt per square metre, per metre W/m 3: M⋅L −1 ⋅T −3: Radiant exitance: M e [nb 2] watt per square metre W/m 2: M⋅T −3: Radiant flux emitted ...

  9. Frequency grid - Wikipedia

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    For telecommunications, a frequency grid is a table of all the central frequencies (and corresponding wavelengths) of channels allowed in a communications system.. The most common frequency grid used for fiber-optic communication is that used for channel spacing in Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM) at wavelengths around 1550 nm and defined by ITU-T G.694.1. [1]