Infrared Visible And Ultraviolet Light
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Infrared visible and ultraviolet light. On earth sunlight is scattered and filtered through earth s atmosphere and is obvious as daylight when the sun is above the horizon when direct solar radiation is not blocked by clouds it is experienced as sunshine a combination of bright light and radiant heat. The key difference between infrared and ultraviolet radiation is that the wavelength of infrared radiation is longer than that of visible light whereas the wavelength of ultraviolet radiation is shorter than the wavelength of visible light. Ultraviolet light has shorter wavelengths than visible light with lengths of 10 to 400 nanometers. In this article we reviewed the available literature on the effects of ultraviolet radiation visible light and infrared radiation on the skin in regards to erythema and pigmentation.
Infrared and ultraviolet radiation are two types of electromagnetic radiation this means these radiation waves have an electric field and a magnetic. Fireflies light bulbs and stars all emit visible light. Although there are no sharp well defined boundaries in the electromagnetic spectrum the optical radiation range is conventionally defined as extending from 1 mm at the bottom end of the infrared to 100 nm at the upper end. The optical radiation range is composed in order of increasing energy of infrared visible and ultraviolet radiation.
What is ultraviolet light. Our eyes detect visible light. Ultraviolet light is a type of electromagnetic radiation that precedes the color violet in the light spectrum. As adjectives the difference between infrared and ultraviolet is that infrared is having the wavelength in the infrared while.
Much remains to be learned on the cutaneous effects of visible light and infrared. In space infrared light helps us map the dust between stars. Night vision goggles pick up the infrared light emitted by our skin and objects with heat. Infrared radiation produces erythema which is probably a thermal effect.
The sun is the best known source of ultraviolet rays. Sunlight is a portion of the electromagnetic radiation given off by the sun in particular infrared visible and ultraviolet light. As nouns the difference between infrared and ultraviolet is that infrared is electromagnetic radiation of a wavelength longer than visible light but shorter than microwave radiation having a wavelength between 700 nm and 1 mm while ultraviolet is ultraviolet colour.