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Which electromagnetic wave has the shortest wavelength?



Which electromagnetic wave would have a wavelength approximately the size of the tip of a pencil?



Which electromagnetic wave has the longest wavelength?

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Answer:

shortest - gamma Ray's

size of a pencil tip : most likely microwaves

longest - radio waves

Gamma rays have the shortest wavelength whereas Radio waves have the longest wavelength. The wave whose wavelength is about the size of the tip of a pencil is infrared ray.

What is an Electromagnetic spectrum?

The whole electromagnetic waves are divided into several classes based on their frequencies or energies as follows, in the order of increasing frequency:

Radio waves

Microwaves

Infrared

Visible

Ultraviolet

X-rays

Gamma rays

The Gamma rays are the shortest wavelength group with frequencies greater than 3 × 10²⁰ Hz.

The Radio waves are the longest wavelength group. Their frequency is lower than 3 × 10⁷ Hz.

The tip of a pencil is about 0.5mm in width.

Calculate the frequency of the wave whose wavelength is about the size of the tip of a pencil i.e. λ = 0.5 mm,

ν = 3×10⁸/(0.5×10⁻³) = 6×10¹¹ Hz.

The infrared rays have frequencies in the range of 3×10¹¹ Hz to 3×10¹³ Hz. So, the wave is infrared.

Infrared waves have a wavelength about the tip of a pencil.

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