Infrared light

From Citizendium

Revision as of 13:46, 22 February 2007 by imported>Robert Tito

(diff) ← Older revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)

Jump to navigation Jump to search

In physics, Infrared IR Light refers to a non-visible portion of the electromagnetic spectrum ranging from wavelengths of 750 nm to 1 mm. The name infrared comes from Latin's infra- meaning below, i.e. infrared is below red in the spectrum.

Retrieved from "https://citizendium.org/wiki/index.php?title=Infrared_light&oldid=153579"