Quantum Mechanics

Question 1

what is the wavelength range of gamma rays?

Answer 1

less than 10^-3 nm

Question 2

what is the wavelength range of X-rays?

Answer 2

between 10^-3 nm to 1 nm

Question 3

what is the wavelength range of UV rays?

Answer 3

1 nm to 400nm

Question 4

what is the wavelength range of visible light rays?

Answer 4

400nm to 750 nm

Question 5

what is the wavelength of infrared rays?

Answer 5

700nm to 1mm

Question 6

what is the wavelength range of radio waves?

Answer 6

1mm and up

Question 7

What is huygen’s principle?

Answer 7

each point on the wavefront is a source of spherical waves

Question 8

What is fraunhofer diffraction?

Answer 8

what we see in a single or double slit diffraction doesn’t actually take place in our eyes; this is because the “slit” in our eyes is round

Question 9

What is the rayleigh criterion?

Answer 9

two point sources are resolved if the max of one falls on the first minimum of the other diffraction pattern

Question 10

describe the photoelectric effect.

Answer 10

incoming light (EM radiation) absorbed by metal results in electron ejection

Question 11

what is the wavelength range of violet light?

Answer 11

380-450nm

Question 12

what is the wavelength range of blue light?

Answer 12

450-495nm

Question 13

what is the wavelength range of green light?

Answer 13

495-570nm

Question 14

what is the wavelength range of yellow light?

Answer 14

570-590nm

Question 15

what is the wavelength range of orange light?

Answer 15

590-620nm

Question 16

what is the wavelength range of red light?

Answer 16

620-750nm