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They all behave like a wave (which can be caracterized by frequency and wave lenght)
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What does gamma rays and radio waves have in common?
They are all basically the same thing, electromagnetic radiation, but with different frequencies. All these waves are em waves which travel with the speed of light and it is the common b/w all the waves.
What type of radiation does radium give off?
Radium emits alpha, beta, and gamma radiation. Alpha radiation is fully ionized helium nuclei. Beta radiation is high energy electrons. Gamma radiation is very high energy electromagnetic radiation. All of these can do significant damage to living things.
Do different electromagnetic waves have different frequencies?
Yes. The shorter the wavelength of an electromagnetic wave, the higher its frequency is. Don't confuse frequency with velocity! All electromagnetic radiation travels at the same rate, C (3*10^8) m/s.
Does lead absorbs all kind of radiation?
No shielding material truly absorbs electromagnetic radiation, it attenuates it. The attenuation is by a certain amount for a certain standard thickness. The standard thickness is called the half thickness and is used to quantify shielding effectiveness for a given type of electromagnetic radiation. One half thickness attenuates the power of the given type of radiation by 50% or in decibel units -3dB. Thus the power of the radiation after a given number of half thicknesses of a given shield is:50% or -3dB25% or -6dB12.5% or -9dB6.25% or -12dB3.125% or -15dB1.5625% or -18dB0.78125% or -21dB0.390625% or -24dB0.1953125% or -27dB0.097655625 or -30dBetc.As you can see no thickness of shield material can completely attenuate electromagnetic radiation to nothing, also the higher the frequency of electromagnetic radiation the longer the half thickness is so for x-rays and gamma rays it takes very large thicknesses to get any useful attenuation.For particle radiation the situation is completely different, the radiation can sometimes be absorbed and sometimes can't:alpha particles are 100% absorbed by a single sheet of paper or the first layer of living tissue they encountermost beta particles are 100% absorbed by a single sheet of thin metal foil (e.g. aluminum foil)neutrons penetrate most matter as if it was not there, unless it contains certain elements (e.g. boron, cadmium, uranium) that have high neutron capture crosssections in which case the neutron flux is attenuated much like electromagnetic radiation as described aboveneutrinos penetrate all matter as if it was not thereetc.
Is the speed of a radio wave in a vacuum greater than the speed of a gamma ray?
No. The speed of all electromagnetic radiation is the same in vacuum, from the longest radio wave to the shortest gamma wave.
What metals reflects electromagnetic radiation?
All of them. It is a property of metals.
Does electromagnetic radiation only inclue visible light?
electromagnetic radiation includes all types of the electromagnetic spectrum
What do all types electromagnetic radiation have in common?
They travel at the speed of light (c = 3*108 m/s)
Why are electromagnetic waves associated with radiation?
All forms of radiation, even hard nuclear radiation, is a part of the electromagnetic spectrum.
The range of all electromagnetic radiation is known as the what?
The electromagnetic spectrum.
What does gamma rays and radio waves have in common?
They are all basically the same thing, electromagnetic radiation, but with different frequencies. All these waves are em waves which travel with the speed of light and it is the common b/w all the waves.
What are all the frequencies or wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation called?
the electromagnetic spectrum. ============================
What is the electromagnetic specturm?
The electromagnetic spectrum is the range of all possible frequencies of electromagnetic radiation.[1] The "electromagnetic spectrum" of an object is the characteristic distribution of electromagnetic radiation emitted or absorbed by that particular object.
Why is the study of electromagnetic radiation important to your understanding of how electrons are arranged in the atom?
Electromagnetic Radiation is electron radiation as pulsed by the Sun at all measured frequencies
All electromagnetic radiation are?
Transverse waves
Is all electromagnetic radiation in the optical portion of the electromagnetic spectrum is visable?
Yes
What is the collective arrangement of all the possible frequencies of electromagnetic radiation?
Electromagnetic spectrum A+
