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Frequency is 300 MHz to 300 Ghz with a Disovered by Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen.
wavelength of 10 m to 10 m. Uses: detect abnormalities in skeletal system
Uses: long distance phone callls, used to send like fractures and tumors. Also used in dental
signals for cable tv and broadcast stations. imaging.
Remote sensing for disaster management and GAMMA RAYS, are given off by radiaoctive
mapping. materials life cobalt-60 and cesium-137.
Sources are astronomical objects, inclduing the
Discovered by James Clerk Maxwell in 1864. sun, cloud of interstellar matter and remnants
of supernovae.
INFRARED WAVES, means “below red”. It has a
frequency ranging from 3 x 10 Hz to 4 x 10 Hz, Uses: detect cracks in metals and sterilize
with wavelength from 7.5 x10 m to 10 m. equipments and commercial products.
Uses: Remote controls for tv sets, burglar alarm Discovered by Paul Villard.
systems, night vision cameras, and certain types
of thermometers.