Types of electromagnetic radiations.
Types of radiation | Typical frequency(HZ) | Typical wavelength(m) | Transition |
Gamma-rays | >3×1018 | <10-10 | Nuclear transitions |
X-rays | 3×1018 |
| Electronic transitions ofinner shells |
Ultraviolet light | 3×1016 | 10-8 | Electronic transitions ofvalence shells |
Visible light | 3×1014 | 10-6 | 106transitions of valence shells |
Infrared | 3×1010 |
| Vibrational transitions |
Microwaves | 3xx109 | 10-1 | Rotational transitions |
Radio waves | 3x1Os | 103 | Nuclear spin transitions |