Radio Band
Main article: Radio frequency| Light Comparison | |||||||
| Name | Wavelength | Frequency (Hz) | Photon Energy (eV) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gamma ray | less than 0.01 nm | more than 10 EHZ | 100 keV - 300+ GeV | ||||
| X-Ray | 0.01 to 10 nm | 30 PHz - 30 EHZ | 120 eV to 120 keV | ||||
| Ultraviolet | 10 nm - 400 nm | 30 EHZ - 790 THz | 3 eV to 124 eV | ||||
| Visible | 390 nm - 750 nm | 790 THz - 405 THz | 1.7 eV - 3.3 eV | ||||
| Infrared | 750 nm - 1 mm | 405 THz - 300 GHz | 1.24 meV - 1.7 eV | ||||
| Microwave | 1 mm - 1 meter | 300 GHz - 300 MHz | 1.24 meV - 1.24 µeV | ||||
| Radio | 1 mm - km | 300 GHz - 3 Hz | 1.24 meV - 12.4 feV | ||||
Radio frequencies occupy the range from a few hertz to 300 GHz, although commercially important uses of radio use only a small part of this spectrum. Other types of electromagnetic radiation, with frequencies above the RF range, are infrared, visible light, ultraviolet, X-rays and gamma rays. Since the energy of an individual photon of radio frequency is too low to remove an electron from an atom, radio waves are classified as non-ionizing radiation.
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