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Do people can see the ultraviolet rays of the electromagnetic spectrum?
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∙ 10y ago
No, it's the other way around; all of the wavelengths of ultraviolet fall on the electromagnetic spectrum.
"Electromagnetic" energy includes everything from "radio" to "gamma rays" and beyond. If you multiply the frequency in Hertz (or "cycles per second") times the wavelength in meters, it will always equal the speed of light, "c", which is (approximately) 30,000,000 meters per second. So "radio" is fairly long wavelength, and a low frequency; standard AM radio in the 1000 KHz band has a "wavelength" of about 30 meters. VHF ("Very High Frequency") TV signals (for those of you old enough to remember "over the air TV") was at about 150 megahertz, with a wavelength of 2 meters, while UHF TV ("Ultra-High Frequency") was still higher frequencies - and shorter wavelengths. "Radar" is in the millimeter wavelength; "Micro"-wave radiation is a much higher frequency, and a very "micro" wavelength. (The original brand name of "microwave oven" was called "Radar Range".)
There are three bands of "light" in there; the "heat" or "infra-red" light with frequencies lower than visible light (which are below the color red in the spectrum), then "visible" light that our eyes is sensitive to, and then "ultra-violet" or UV light, the spectrum above ("ultra") the violet spectrum of light.
Beyond that are X-rays, gamma rays and cosmic rays, and categories that haven't been named yet. This is _ALL_ "electromagnetic energy". Only a tiny sliver of this is "ultraviolet".
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∙ 14y agoThe human eye is not designed to do so. UV is harmful to our eyes.
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∙ 14y agoBy definition, if it's not within the visible spectrum, we can't see it.
There is no proven case of people seeing non-visible EM radiation.
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∙ 10y agoNo, the ultraviolet spectrum is higher in wavelength than the visible spectrum, which is what humans see.
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Is X-ray electromagnetic?
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