Electromagnetic Radiation Electromagnetic radiation is defined as “the emission and transmission of energy in the form of electromagnetic waves” (Chang, pp. 246). An electromagnetic wave consists of two waves at perpendicular planes, on representing the electrical field while the other represents the magnetic field. This spectrum is split up into about 81 octaves, much like the octaves of sound, which scientists have categorized in order to depict the usefulness of the different properties. Theoretically electromagnetic waves can …showed first 75 words of 778 total…

…showed last 75 words of 778 total…arbitrary borders for the electromagnetic spectrum, there is truly no difference between them. Their only differences lie in the amount of energy they contain, their wavelengths, and their frequencies. They all behave as waves and particles, and all travel at the unerring speed of light, 300,000 Km per second. Bibliography Field, George B. and Chaisson, Eric J, The Invisible Universe: Probing the Frontiers of Astrophysics. Boston, Birkhauser, 1985. Asimov, Isaac, Adding a Dimension. New York, Double Day, 1964.