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Uses Of The Electromagnetic Spectrum Flashcards

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Radio

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Broadcasting and communications, TV signals

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Micro

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Cooking, mobile phone and satellite communications

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Infrared

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Optical fibre communications (broadband), TV remote controls, grills and toasters, thermal imaging

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Visible light

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Seeing, photography

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Ultraviolet

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Fluorescent lights, detecting forgery, suntanning

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X-rays

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Medical imaging, structural cracks in metal components

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Gamma rays

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Kills bacteria and surgical instruments (sterilisation), targets and kills cancer cells

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