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The wavelength of an X-ray is much shorter than the wavelength of a red light from a neon sign. The frequency is much longer in an X-ray than the frequency of a red light from a neon sign.
Less wavelength implies more frequency. The product of wavelength x frequency is always the speed of the wave - in this case, the speed of light.
Wavelength = (speed) / (frequency) = 299,000,000 / 5 = 59,800,000 meters = about 37,000 milesThis is no X-ray. It's a longer wavelength (lower frequency) than any electrical signal we generatefor any purpose.The longest wavelength that's called an X-ray is in the neighborhood of 0.00000001 meter.Its frequency is 30,000,000,000,000,000 Hz.
If you divide the speed of light (in meters/second) by the frequency (in Hz), you get the wavelength (in meters).
Infrared radiation is of a much lower frequency (and a longer wavelength) than X-rays.
For the frequency, first convert the wavelength to meters (divide the number of Angstroms by 1010), then use the formula: wavelength x frequency = speed. Using the speed of light in this case. Solving for frequency: frequency = speed / wavelength. To get the photon's energy, multiply the frequency times Planck's constant, which is 6.63 x 10-34 (joules times seconds).
A light ray is a straight line with speed c=fw. The speed c is a constant and the product of the wavelength, w and the frequency f. The frequency is f=c/w, inverse to the wavelength. If the wavelength is long the frequency is low; if the wavelength is small the frequency is high.
The wavelength of an X-ray is much shorter than the wavelength of a red light from a neon sign. The frequency is much longer in an X-ray than the frequency of a red light from a neon sign.
Less wavelength implies more frequency. The product of wavelength x frequency is always the speed of the wave - in this case, the speed of light.
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Increasing the frequency of any electromagnetic wave ... or of any wave for that matter ... decreases its wavelength.
Wavelength = (speed) / (frequency) = 299,000,000 / 5 = 59,800,000 meters = about 37,000 milesThis is no X-ray. It's a longer wavelength (lower frequency) than any electrical signal we generatefor any purpose.The longest wavelength that's called an X-ray is in the neighborhood of 0.00000001 meter.Its frequency is 30,000,000,000,000,000 Hz.
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If you divide the speed of light (in meters/second) by the frequency (in Hz), you get the wavelength (in meters).
Electromagnetic radiation, which includes light and x-rays, travels at 299,792,458 metres per second (c - a universal constant). Speed, frequency and wavelength are related by the equation speed = frequency times wavelength. The only problem with this question is that a frequency of 2.01018 Hz is not in the x-ray range of frequencies. X-rays are found in the frequency range of 30 petaHertz to 30 exaHertz. To put it another way, electromagnetic radiation with a frequency of 2.01018 Hz has a wavelength of 149,137 kilometers (92,669 miles), and that's no X-ray.
An X-ray is a high frequency (high energy) electromagnetic wave. It is much higher in frequency than any broadcast wave. The only electromagnetic radiation with higher frequency (shorter wavelength) than the X-ray is the gamma ray.
Wavelength. The shorter the wave (= the higher the frequency) the greater the penetration.