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Can
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tmos
pher
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Absorb
Reflect
Emit
Transmit
Penetrate
Ener
gy
Freq
uenc
y
Wav
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gth
Waves (Definitions of Frequency/Wavelength/Wave equation/amplitude)
Ionisation/How this
causes cancer
Skins Protection
Radiotherapy
Ionosphere
Heating and Absorption (Applies to all EM Waves but questions mainly on Microwaves
and Infra-Red)
Alternating Current/Voltage (Aerials etc)
How EM waves interact with matter
Annotate me...
Optical Fibres
Fluorescence
X-Ray Photographs
Sterilisation/Kill Harmful Bacteria
Infra-Red Cameras
Mobile Phones (Infra-Red, Bluetooth, Making calls etc)
Satellite Communication
International Radio
Analogue and Digital signals (How waves used for communication can be sent)
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for c
omm
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ation
Use
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hea
t thi
ngs
up
Local Radio and TV
Prefixesnano (n) - 10-9 – 0.000000001
micro (µ) - 10-6 – 0.000001milli (m) - 10-3 – 0.001
kilo (k) - 103 – 1000Mega (M) - 106 – 1000000
Giga (G) - 109 – 1000000000
Centi (c) – 10-2 – 100
12 km = 12000m15cm = 0.15m
700nm = 7.0 x 10-7 mYou don’t really need to know
the small ones like milli and micro but it helps....
Info
that
can
be
sent
D
amag
e to
hum
an ti
ssue
Det
ecto
rs
Sour
ces
EM Waves Interaction with Matter
Wave Basics
Prefixes
Gamma Rays
Radiotherapy
Sterilisation of surgical instruments and killing bacteria in food
X-Rays
X-Ray Photographs
Medical Physics
Ultraviolet
Flourescence
Sun tans and melanin
Ionisation of atoms
Cancer
Communications
Visible Light
Infra-Red
Infra-Red Cameras
Optical Fibres
Microwaves
Mobile Phones
Heat Transfer using EM Waves
Radiowaves
Satellite Communications
Local Radio and TV
International Radio
The Ionosphere
Aerials and Alternating Currents
Analogue and Digital Signalling