Electromagnetic

Spectrum
Formative
Task
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Visible Light

Wavelength Range: 380 to 700 nanometers

Frequency Range: 4 × 1014 to 8 × 1014 cycles per second

Source of this wave: The sun

Visible Light

Uses:

1. . to see- With the help of lights like electric bulbs, pyrotechnics, and other
sources of bright light, humans can see objects and illuminate dim spaces.
2. . Television
3. . signaling
Visible Light

Dangers of Use: Visible light radiation can cause erythema, pigmentation, heat
damage, and the formation of free radicals, among other physiological
consequences. Additionally, exposure to visible light can develop or worsen
photodermatoses such cutaneous porphyrias, chronic actinic dermatosis (CAD),
and solar urticaria.
Ultraviolet Rays

Wavelength Range:100-400 nm

Frequency Range: 8 × 1014 to 3 × 1016 cycles per second

Source of this wave: The sun and artificial sources, such tanning beds, both emit ultraviolet (UV)
radiation, a kind of non-ionizing radiation. Although it helps humans in certain ways, such as by
producing vitamin D, there are also potential health hazards. Sunlight is the sun's natural source of UV
radiation.
Ultraviolet Rays

Uses:

1. . Industrial uses
2. .medical
3. .dental
Ultraviolet Rays

Dangers of Use

Premature ageing and skin cancer are side consequences of continuous UV

exposure, whereas sunburn is a symptom of short-term overexposure. If eye
protection is not used, UV exposure raises the risk of potentially blinding eye
illnesses. UV radiation overexposure can cause major health problems, including
cancer.
X-Rays

Wavelength Range: 0.01–10 nm

Frequency Range:016 to 1020 hertz

Source of this wave: Natural sources of X-rays and gamma rays include radon gas, radioactive materials found in the
earth, and cosmic rays that strike the planet from space. However, man-made radiation is another possibility.
X-Rays

Uses:

1. . checking for fractures

2. .dental check
3. .mammography
X-Rays

Dangers of Use: Although the possibility of developing cancer many years or

decades after being exposed to X-rays is acknowledged, it is believed to be
extremely low. For instance, the likelihood of getting cancer from an X-ray of
your chest, arms, or teeth is less than 1 in 1,000,000, or a few days' worth of
background radiation.
Gamma-rays

Wavelength Range: less than 100 picometers (pm), or 4 x 10^9 inches

Frequency Range:greater than about 10^19 cycles per second,

Source of this wave: neutron stars and pulsars, supernova explosions, and regions around black hole
Gamma-rays

Uses:

1. medicine (radiotherapy),
2. industry (sterilization and disinfection) and
3. the nuclear industry
Gamma-rays

Dangers of Use:

Gamma rays have such a strong penetrating force that stopping them may need
several inches of a thick substance, like lead, or perhaps a few feet of concrete.
The human body may be totally penetrated by gamma rays, which can then
generate ionizations that harm DNA and tissue.
Infrared rays

Wavelength Range:700 nanometers (nm) to 1 millimeter (mm)

Frequency Range:300 GHz to 400 THz

Source of this wave: solar radiation and fire

Infrared rays

Uses:

1. eat sensors
2. thermal imaging
3. night vision equipment
Infrared rays

Dangers of Use:

Long-term contact with IR radiation produces a gradual but permanent

opacification of the lens. Scotoma, a loss of vision brought on by retinal damage,
is one of the other effects of IR radiation on the eye. Even low-level IR
absorption can result in signs such eye redness, edoema, or bleeding.
Microwaves

Wavelength Range: 30 cm to 1 mm

Frequency Range:109 Hz (1 GHz) to 1000 GHz

Source of this wave: Vacuum tubes with certain properties, such as Klystron, Magnetrons, or Gun
Diodes, are used to create microwaves.
Microwaves

Uses:

1. .Reheating food.
2. Cooking.
3. Disinfect kitchen items.
Microwaves

Dangers of Use: Similar to how it cooks food, microwave radiation may also heat
bodily tissue. Microwave exposure at high levels might result in a burning
sensation. The eyes and the testicles are two bodily parts that are particularly
susceptible to RF heating since there isn't much blood flow there to remove
extra heat.
Radio Waves

Wavelength Range:thousands of metres to 30 cm.

Frequency Range:3 kilohertz up to 300 gigahertz

Source of this wave: When charged particles are accelerated, they emit radio waves. In addition to
astronomical radio sources in space like the Sun, galaxies, and nebulas, natural sources of radio waves
include radio noise generated by lightning and other natural processes in the Earth's atmosphere.
Radio Waves

Uses:

1. standard broadcast radio

2. Television
3. shortwave radio
Radio Waves

Dangers of Use: Based on a higher risk of glioma, a malignant kind of brain

cancer, connected with cellular phone usage, the WHO/International Agency for
Research on Cancer (IARC) has categorised radiofrequency electromagnetic
fields as potentially carcinogenic to humans (Group 2B).
Common properties of all electromagnetic waves
1: The nature of electromagnetic waves is transverse.
2: They move by shifting magnetic and electric fields such that they are perpendicular
to the wave's path of propagation and at right angles to each other.
3: In a vacuum, electromagnetic waves move at a constant speed. The waves move at
a pace of 3 x 108 m/s.
4. Non-mechanical waves include electromagnetic waves. They may spread without
the aid of any material medium.
5: The magnetic and oscillatory electric fields are in phase alignment. The wave's
velocity is equal to the product of the electric field and magnetic field amplitudes.
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