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Waves (Definitions of Frequency/Wavelength/Wave equation/amplitude)
Ionisation/How this
causes cancer
Skins Protection
Radiotherapy
Ionosphere
Heating and Absorption (Applies to all EM Waves but questions mainly on Microwaves
and Infra-Red)
Alternating Current/Voltage (Aerials etc)
How EM waves interact with matter
Annotate me...
Optical Fibres
Fluorescence
X-Ray Photographs
Sterilisation/Kill Harmful Bacteria
Infra-Red Cameras
Mobile Phones (Infra-Red, Bluetooth, Making calls etc)
Satellite Communication
International Radio
Analogue and Digital signals (How waves used for communication can be sent)
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Local Radio and TV
Prefixesnano (n) - 10-9 – 0.000000001
micro (µ) - 10-6 – 0.000001milli (m) - 10-3 – 0.001
kilo (k) - 103 – 1000Mega (M) - 106 – 1000000
Giga (G) - 109 – 1000000000
Centi (c) – 10-2 – 100
12 km = 12000m15cm = 0.15m
700nm = 7.0 x 10-7 mYou don’t really need to know
the small ones like milli and micro but it helps....
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EM Waves Interaction with Matter
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Wave Basics
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Prefixes
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Gamma Rays
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Radiotherapy
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Sterilisation of surgical instruments and killing bacteria in food
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X-Rays
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X-Ray Photographs
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Medical Physics
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Ultraviolet
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Flourescence
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Sun tans and melanin
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Ionisation of atoms
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Cancer
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Communications
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Visible Light
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Infra-Red
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Infra-Red Cameras
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Optical Fibres
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Microwaves
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Mobile Phones
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Heat Transfer using EM Waves
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Radiowaves
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Satellite Communications
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Local Radio and TV
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International Radio
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The Ionosphere
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Aerials and Alternating Currents
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Analogue and Digital Signalling