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To: mylife

microwaves are light (not visible, but still light).


30 posted on 03/01/2007 5:55:10 PM PST by Jedi Master Pikachu ( What is your take on Acts 15:20 (abstaining from blood) about eating meat? Could you freepmail?)
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To: Jedi Master Pikachu

Yes, infrared is light too, and is invisible to the naked eye, its a much lower frequency than light.


33 posted on 03/01/2007 5:57:52 PM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: Jedi Master Pikachu

Spectrum of Electromagnetic Radiation
Region Wavelength
(Angstroms) Wavelength
(centimeters) Frequency
(Hz) Energy
(eV)
Radio > 109 > 10 < 3 x 109 < 10-5
Microwave 109 - 106 10 - 0.01 3 x 109 - 3 x 1012 10-5 - 0.01
Infrared 106 - 7000 0.01 - 7 x 10-5 3 x 1012 - 4.3 x 1014 0.01 - 2
Visible 7000 - 4000 7 x 10-5 - 4 x 10-5 4.3 x 1014 - 7.5 x 1014 2 - 3
Ultraviolet 4000 - 10 4 x 10-5 - 10-7 7.5 x 1014 - 3 x 1017 3 - 103
X-Rays 10 - 0.1 10-7 - 10-9 3 x 1017 - 3 x 1019 103 - 105
Gamma Rays < 0.1 < 10-9 > 3 x 1019 > 105


34 posted on 03/01/2007 6:00:08 PM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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