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Both visible and x-rays are both electromagnetic waves. X-rays have much greater energy and a much smaller wave length. x-rays can go through objects such as your skin and show what your bones look like. Since cancers are thicker that other tissues they can also show if your problem is a cancer. The sun puts out most of its electromagnetic waves in the visible spectrum. (It puts out some in other parts in other parts of the spectrum, most of which is blocked by the upper atmosphere except in the polar regions.) Our eyes can see the light reflected from objects illuminated by the sun. No objects reflected x-rays before 1895 and no animal's eyes developed to see them. There is a point when the spectrum gets above the point that people can see. Scientists call that Ultra Violet. That light can not go through your skin. Somewhere between that and the x-ray machine in doctor's offices, Scientists created an arbitrary point establishing soft x-rays. Astronomers use those to see through large dust clouds in various places in and between galaxies.
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How can yellow light ultraviolet waves and xrays be described?
they are electromagnetic. So they have an electromagnetic spectrum.
What are 2 electromagnetic waves besides light?
Xrays, gamma rays, microwaves, ultraviolet rays, radiowaves and infrared rays.
How are ultraviolet waves different from light waves?
Ultraviolet waves are smaller than light waves.
What is the ascending order of the eight electromagnetic spectrum waves base from their wavelength?
Shortest wavelength is gamma rays. Next longer wavelength is with Xrays. Then Ultraviolet, visible radiations, infra red, microwaves, radio waves with shorter wavelength and radio waves with longer wavelength
Are ultraviolet waves transverse or longitudinal waves?
Ultraviolet waves are part of the Electromagnetic Spectrum which all travel as transverse waves.
What damage can ultraviolet waves do to homans?
There are no such things as "ultraviolet waves" or "homans".
What wave has wave lenghts between infrared and ultraviolet waves?
Visible light.
What has shorter wavelengths than infrared rays?
Infrared rays have a shorter wavelength than microwaves and radio waves. All are examples of electromagnetic radiation.
What are xrays waves used for?
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Which types of electromagnetic radiation can be detected using telescopes on Earth?
They can detect radio waves, infrared radiation, ultraviolet radiation, x-rays, and gamma rays.
Do am radio waves have a lower frequency then ultra violet radiation?
Radio waves and ultraviolet waves are the same physical phenomenon.The difference is that radio waves have a much greater wavelength.(That's equivalent to saying that they have a much lower frequency.)
What are ultraviolet and visible light called?
Ultraviolet light, visible light, X-rays, microwaves, radio waves, infrared waves, and gamma rays are all on the spectrum of light, are all electromagnetic waves (EM waves). Any EM wave can be considered light. EM waves are composed of photons, which has properties of both a particle and a wave. The difference between different waves on the EM wave/light spectrum is their frequency. For example, radio waves have a very low frequency, microwaves have a slightly higher frequency, then infrared, visible light, ultraviolet, X-rays, gamma rays, etc.
