INTRODUCTION TO THE ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM.

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES




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, INTRODUCTION TO THE ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM.



TABLE OF CONTENTS



1.0 INTRODUCTION 4
2.0 LITERATURE REVIEW 4

2.1 BOUNDARIES 5

2.2 REGIONS OF THE ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM 5

2.3 PROPERTY OF ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM 10

2.3.1 RADIO WAVES 10

2.3.2 INFRARED WAVES (HEAT) 10

2.3.3 VISIBLE LIGHT 11

2.3.4 ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT 11

2.3.5 X-RAYS 12

2.3.6 GAMMA RAYS 12

2.3.7 MICROWAVES 13

2.3.8 VISIBLE LIGHTS 13

2.4 MEASURING ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION 15

2.5 APPLICATION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM 16

2.6 RADIO WAVES 16


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, 2.7 INFRARED WAVES (HEAT) 17

2.8 VISIBLE LIGHT 17

2.9 ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT 18

3.0 X-RAYS 18

3.1 GAMMA RAYS 19

3.2 MICROWAVES 19

3.3 INTERACTION OF ELECROMAGNETIC RADIATION WITH MATTER 20

3.4 ENERGY OF PHOTON 21

3.5 CHARACTERISTICS OF ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM: 22

3.6 ANALOG SIGNAL TRANSMISSION INFORMATION 22

3.7 DIGITAL 22

3.8 SPECTRUM MANAGEMENT 23

4.0 CONCLUSION: 25
5.0 ANNEX 26




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