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Question
Identify the electromagnetic radiation and write its wavelength range, which is used to kill germs in water purified. Name the two sources of these radiations.
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Solution
Radio waves, microwaves, infrared radiation, visible light, ultraviolet radiation, X-rays, gamma rays, and cosmic rays provide the whole range (electromagnetic spectrum) in increasing frequency and decreasing wavelength order. The type of radiation and their frequency and wavelength ranges are as follows:
| Types of Radiation | Frequency Range (Hz) | Wavelength Range |
| Gamma-rays | 1020 - 1024 | < 10-12 m |
| X-rays | 1017 - 1020 | 1 nm - 1 pm |
| Ultraviolet | 1015 - 1017 | 400 nm - 1 nm |
| Visible | 4 × 1014 - 7.5 × 1014 | 750 nm - 400 nm |
| Near-infrared | 1 × 1014 - 4 × 1014 | 2.5 µm - 750 nm |
| Infrared | 1013 - 1014 | 25 µm - 2.5 µm |
| Microwaves | 3 × 1011 - 1013 | 1 mm - 25 µm |
| Radio waves | < 3 × 1011 | > 1 mm |
In water purifiers, ultraviolet light is utilised to kill bacteria. The sun is the most powerful source of UV radiation.
UV lamps, arc welding, and mercury vapour lamps are examples of man-made ultraviolet sources. Carbon, Xenon, and other arcs are some of the devices that release UV radiation.
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