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Radiation emitted from human skin reaches its peak at λ equals 940 µm how much energy is carried by one quantum of these electromagnetic waves?
Heat waves, or infrared radiation.
If you stand ten feet away from a large campfire heat is transferred to your skin how does this happen?
electromagnetic waves carry heat from the fire to your body
What are the uses of AM waves?
the uses of the waves are the little droplets on your skin
How do you use ultraviolet waves in a sentence?
You may experience sunburned skin if you allow your skin to be exposed to the ultraviolet waves that penetrate the clouds on a cloudy day. Ultraviolet waves are at the opposite end of the visible light spectrum from infrared waves. Ultraviolet (UV) waves are longer than X-rays.
What are some dangers of ultraviolet radiation?
Remember that all light is electromagnetic radiation, which includes everything in the electromagnetic spectrum from long wave radio waves to gamma waves. These waves impart their energy to charged particles via the photon, which is the carrier particle for the electromagnetic force. Ultraviolet radiation, unlike longer wavelength radiation, contains enough energy to promote electrons from lower orbitals to higher orbitals, which may cause a variety of "dangerous" results. For example, when your skin absorbs UV radiation, electrons in the atoms of your skin cells, or worse, in your DNA, are promoted and cause the molecules which contain them to become unstable. Even worse, short wavelength UV radiation may cause ionization, which results in a charged, and thus reactive, molecule. Unregulated reactivity in the body can result in diseases like cancer.
What do you really feel when the sun is beating down on you?
You are feeling the infra-red radiation emitted from the Sun hitting your skin and the chemical bonds (mainly the Oxygen-Hydrogen bonds and the Nitrogen-Hydrogen bonds) that make up proteins in your skin adsorbing this radiation. They adsorb it by transforming the electromagnetic wave (very similar to visible light waves) into vibrational energy. The bonds vibrate like springs and you feel this as heat on your skin. You cannot feel the UV waves because although your skin is adsorbing a little bit it it does not transform into heat as easily as Infra red.
What are the dangers of being in contact with electromagnetic waves from the electromagnetic spectrum Like gamma rays and radio waves and x-rays?
the contact yo this radiations may cause skin cancer and even death.
What can electromagnet waves travel through?
they travel through virtually anything. for example electromagnetic waves travel through our skin, our hair, anything.
Can infrared waves feel warm?
If they hit your skin, then they definitely always do.
Radiation emitted from human skin reaches its peak at λ equals 940 µm how much energy is carried by one quantum of these electromagnetic waves?
Heat waves, or infrared radiation.
How can you feel the radiation of electromagnetic spectrums?
It heats your skin up in the right intensity, e.g. during sunbathing.
If you stand ten feet away from a large campfire heat is transferred to your skin how does this happen?
electromagnetic waves carry heat from the fire to your body
What does the skin feel like when in shock?
Untreated shock would make the skin feel cold and clammy.
What prevents the sun's ultraviolet rays from penetrating the interior of the body?
Ultraviolet rays are very short wavelength waves above even the blue waves in the electromagnetic spectrum. They are responsible for sunburns on the skin, but are stopped by the skin. When compared with the longer infrared (heat)waves below the red waves in the same spectrum which can easily penetrate the skin and physically cook the entire body given sufficient time.
Is skin electromagnetic?
Yes
How does this flow of heat make your skin feel when water is on your skin?
sensation of warmth
Why do alkalis make your skin feel slimy?
it is week and when u too much on you make it skin slimy
