2006-12-06 14:31:54 · 3 answers · asked by summer_girl1404 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
A wave with a wavelength of between 750 nanometers and 1 mm (below the range of the visible spectrum) which we better know as "heat".
2006-12-06 14:34:04 · answer #1 · answered by Ironwolf56 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Define Infrared Waves
2016-11-07 02:03:53 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The electromagnetic spectrum covers a very wide range, of which visible light is a very small part. The different kinds of waves, In order of widest wave length to shortest are: Radio waves, Microwaves, INFRARED waves, visible light, ultraviolet, X rays, and Gamma Rays. Infrared waves are named because their wavelength is just a slight bit longer than regular red light. However, infrared light is special because all objects can lose heat by having it radiate away,and the heat goes away in the form of infrared light. This effect is actually how infra red light was first discovered. A scientist split light in a prism, and put a thermometer to the left of red, and the temperature raised.
2006-12-06 14:36:35 · answer #3 · answered by Curious George 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Infrared light lies between the visible and microwave portions of the electromagnetic spectrum. Infrared light has a range of wavelengths, just like visible light has wavelengths that range from red light to violet. "Near infrared" light is closest in wavelength to visible light and "far infrared" is closer to the microwave region of the electromagnetic spectrum. The longer, far infrared wavelengths are about the size of a pin head and the shorter, near infrared ones are the size of cells, or are microscopic.
2006-12-06 14:37:17 · answer #4 · answered by rapaljm 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Electromagnetic radiation with a wavelength between about 750 nm and 1 mm.
2006-12-06 14:36:44 · answer #5 · answered by Gene 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋