What is the most enegetic electromagnetic radiation?

Answer 1

Electromagnetic radiation, or light, is a form of energy. Light travels in waves at a constant speed, and so it always has a wavelenghth and a corresponding frequency. As the wavelength gets shorter, the frequency increases. As the frequency increases, the amount of energy carried per photon increases.

Another word for frequency, when talking about light, is color.

The visible frequencies of light range from red to violet, with red having the lowest frequency/largest wavelength and violet having the highest frequency/shortest wavelength.

There are many times more frequencies of light that cannot be seen than can.

Going more energetic from violet, you have ultraviolet (UV), X-rays, and gamma rays.

Gamma rays are every color of light higher than a certain frequency, and so you could theoretically have a color of light with infinite energy in one photon, and it would still be a gamma ray.

Answer 2

The energy per photon increases in direct proportion to the frequency of

electromagnetic radiation, so the most energetic is that with the highest

frequency/shortest wavelength.

That's the range of EM we call "gamma rays".

Answer 3

Gamma rays are the most energetic form of electromagnetic radiation. They have the shortest wavelengths and highest frequencies in the electromagnetic spectrum, making them highly penetrating and ionizing. Gamma rays are produced by nuclear reactions, such as those that occur in stars and during radioactive decay.

Answer 4

The most energetic form of electromagnetic radiation is gamma radiation

Answer 5

The higher the frequency the more energy it has.

Answer 6

Gamma waves are the most powerful.

Answer 7

gamma ray