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Is this true or false the shorter the wavelength of electromagnetic radiation the more energy carried by the wave?
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∙ 12y ago
This is true. Each photon carries more energy when it has
shorter wavelength / higher frequency.
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A wave of electromagnetic radiation has more energy if it?
... shorter in wavelength.
What happens to the energy carried by electromagnetic waves as the wavelength gets shorter?
energy
What happens to the frequency and energy carried by an electromagnetic wave as the wavelength decreases?
Shorter wavelength indicates higher frequency and higher energy per photon.
What is electromagnetic radiation with the shortest wavelength?
The gamma ray has the shortest wavelength (and shortest period) as well as the highest frequency (and highest energy) of all forms of electromagnetic radiation.That's the part of the spectrum that we call "gamma rays".There is no definite answer to this as we can have shorter and shorter wavelengths from a value which we have assigned to be the shortest wavelength.However, gamma rays have the shortest wavelength in the electromagnetic spectrum.Gamma radiation ;)The region of the spectrum that we call "gamma rays" has.
How are energy and wavelength of electromagnet radiation related?
The greater the energy the shorter the wavelength.
Will people be affected by electromagnetic radiation?
that depends on the wavelength of the radiation. the shorter the wavelength the more damage it can do.
A wave of electromagnetic radiation has more energy if it?
... shorter in wavelength.
What happens to the energy carried by electromagnetic waves as the wavelength gets shorter?
energy
What happens to the frequency and energy carried by an electromagnetic wave as the wavelength decreases?
Shorter wavelength indicates higher frequency and higher energy per photon.
What is electromagnetic radiation with the shortest wavelength?
The gamma ray has the shortest wavelength (and shortest period) as well as the highest frequency (and highest energy) of all forms of electromagnetic radiation.That's the part of the spectrum that we call "gamma rays".There is no definite answer to this as we can have shorter and shorter wavelengths from a value which we have assigned to be the shortest wavelength.However, gamma rays have the shortest wavelength in the electromagnetic spectrum.Gamma radiation ;)The region of the spectrum that we call "gamma rays" has.
How do you spell uv rays?
The acronym UV rays stands for ultraviolet radiation, a level of electromagnetic radiation that has a shorter wavelength than visible light.
Do red waves orange waves blue waves or radio waves have a higher rate of energy?
Higher energy is carried by electromagnetic radiation with higher frequency (shorter wavelength). Of the items listed in the question, the one with the highest frequency (shortest wavelength) is blue light.
Which type of electromagnetic wave damages your health?
Electromagnetic wave with wavelength shorter than 400 nm such as Ultraviolet and X-ray can cause genetic alteration resulting to cancer. Shorter wavelength can cause more damage and short exposure time to such radiation can result to mortality.
Why is radiation with the shortest wavelength actually the most powerful?
I assume you are talking about electromagnetic radiation.If the wavelength is shorter, the frequency is larger. And the energy per photon is directly proportional to the frequency.
X-rays are what kind of energy?
An X-ray is a highly energetic form of electromagnetic radiation. It is like visible light, only of higher frequency (shorter wavelength).
How does the wavelength of gamma rays compare to the wavelength of visible light?
It is electromagnetic radiation, which is the same in composition as visible light but has a much higher frequency/shorter wavelength, and will do damage to any biological material it passes through. Both travel at the same speed ('velocity of light') but gamma radiation can penetrate material opaque to visible light.
What is energy that can travel through empty space?
Electromagnetic radiation can travel through "empty" space. Depending on the wavelength of the electromagnetic radiation, we call it "radio" or "microwaves" or "heat" or "light" or "UV" or "X-rays" or even "cosmic rays" - it's all different frequencies of EM radiation. The shorter the wavelength, the higher the frequency; in fact, the frequency times the wavelength is the constant "c", the speed of light.
