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The '''Electromagnetic Spectrum''' is the name given to the range of [[Electromagnetic radiation]] covering all [[frequencies]] and [[wavelengths]]. It includes [[radio]] and [[TV]] transmission, [[Microwaves]], [[Infrared]], visible [[light]], [[Ultraviolet]], [[X-rays]], and [[Gamma rays]].
The '''Electromagnetic Spectrum''' is the name given to the range of [[Electromagnetic radiation]] covering all [[frequencies]] and [[wavelengths]]. It includes [[radio]] and [[television]] transmission, [[Microwaves]], [[Infrared]], visible [[light]], [[Ultraviolet]], [[X-rays]], and [[Gamma rays]].





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The Electromagnetic Spectrum is the name given to the range of Electromagnetic radiation covering all frequencies and wavelengths. It includes radio and television transmission, Microwaves, Infrared, visible light, Ultraviolet, X-rays, and Gamma rays.


Electromagnetic radiation

All electromagnetic radiation can be described in terms of its Energy (E), frequency (f), wavenumber (v'), or wavelength (). These properties are all related by the following equations:
,
,

where c = 299,792,458 m/s (the speed of light) and h = 6.626 x 10-34 Js (Planck's constant)

As well as the wavelike properties of EM radiation several effects particularly of the emission and absorption of light behave like particles. That is, the energy carried by light waves is packaged in discrete bundles called photons or quanta. This wave-particle duality is described in quantum electrodynamics, a theory which began to be developed around 1930.


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