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- Electromagnetic radiation (EM radiation or EMR) takes the form of self-propagating waves in a vacuum or in matter. EM radiation has both electric ...22 KB (3,329 words) - 15:54, 13 February 2024
- In cosmology, the cosmic microwave background radiation CMB (also CMBR, CBR, MBR, and relic radiation) is a form of electromagnetic radiation ...47 KB (6,936 words) - 08:12, 10 January 2024
- The Van Allen radiation belt (or Van Allen belt) is a torus of energetic charged particles (plasma) around Earth, held in place by Earth's ...14 KB (2,020 words) - 14:17, 3 May 2023
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- Infrared (IR) is a term used for radiation in a particular, invisible ... The discovery of infrared radiation is commonly ascribed to the astronomer ...10 KB (1,429 words) - 19:21, 5 March 2024
- Isotropy is a term used in various scientific disciplines to indicate that certain properties of a part of nature (such as a material or radiation ...5 KB (748 words) - 21:30, 7 February 2023
- The Van Allen radiation belt (or Van Allen belt) is a torus of energetic charged particles (plasma) around Earth, held in place by Earth's ...14 KB (2,020 words) - 14:17, 3 May 2023
- The electromagnetic (EM) spectrum is the range of all possible electromagnetic radiation. The "electromagnetic spectrum" (or just spectrum ...16 KB (2,367 words) - 15:55, 13 February 2024
- Anisotropy is a term used in various scientific disciplines to indicate that certain properties of matter (such as a material or radiation) vary ...8 KB (1,148 words) - 06:28, 28 July 2023
- formula. He is known for the laws of radiation associated with phosphorescence. ... to intuitively compare the types of radiation and led him to accept the ...11 KB (1,682 words) - 15:20, 25 January 2023
- Alpha radiation that is external to the body is generally not harmful ... Alpha particles are a highly ionizing form of particle radiation, ...13 KB (1,992 words) - 08:22, 23 July 2023
- Gamma rays (γ rays) is the popular name applied to gamma radiation, the most energetic form of electromagnetic radiation and thus the electromagnetic ...16 KB (2,549 words) - 04:20, 18 April 2024
- light and other forms of electromagnetic radiation, there is variation in ... In the case of electromagnetic radiation, such as light, in a vacuum ...6 KB (857 words) - 23:20, 3 May 2023
- letter beta (β), are a form of ionizing radiation and are also known as beta rays. ... * Turner, James E. 1995. Atoms, Radiation, and Radiation Protection ...10 KB (1,458 words) - 17:45, 29 September 2023
- Photochemistry, a sub-discipline of chemistry, is the study of the interactions between atoms, molecules, and light (or electromagnetic radiation). ...4 KB (569 words) - 04:25, 24 November 2022
- than microwaves are grouped as infrared radiation (or submillimeter waves ... Charles Piazzi Smyth detected infrared radiation in the light of the Moon. ...11 KB (1,589 words) - 19:23, 5 March 2024
- A carcinogen is any substance or agent that can cause cancer. A carcinogen can be a chemical, radiation, radionuclide (an atom with an unstable ...14 KB (1,935 words) - 19:12, 26 November 2023
- on February 14, 1961, at the Berkeley Radiation Laboratory (now called ... lawrencium were produced, it would pose a radiation hazard. Very little is ...6 KB (798 words) - 17:58, 25 October 2022
- of the cosmic microwave background radiation, and today only a very ... of the cosmic microwave background radiation in 1965, which was predicted ...10 KB (1,466 words) - 19:55, 9 February 2023
- In physics, a black body (in an ideal sense) is an object that absorbs all electromagnetic radiation that falls on it, without any of the radiation ...23 KB (3,522 words) - 18:09, 31 October 2023
- Electromagnetic radiation (EM radiation or EMR) takes the form of self-propagating waves in a vacuum or in matter. EM radiation has both electric ...22 KB (3,329 words) - 15:54, 13 February 2024
- * Turner, James E. Atoms, Radiation, and Radiation Protection. 2nd ed. New York: Wiley, 1995. ISBN 0471595810 == External links == ...5 KB (705 words) - 15:57, 13 February 2024
- are excellent detectors of far-infrared radiation and are valuable for infrared ... among the best detectors of far-infrared radiation, and they are used for ...5 KB (694 words) - 05:04, 24 November 2022
- The greenhouse effect is the process in which long wave radiation (infrared) emitted by the earth surface is absorbed by atmospheric gases only ...23 KB (3,592 words) - 23:26, 17 February 2023
