Difference between revisions of "Referral-Table-Electromagnetic-Spectrum-Optical-Range"

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| style="text-align: left;"|Far Ultra-Violet <small>(121nm - 200nm)</small>
 
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| style="text-align: left;"|<small>Color: UVC (Dark)</small>  
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| style="text-align: left;"|<small>Color: '''UVC<sub>1</sub>''' (Dark UV) '' - Shortwave UV'': 120nm - 200nm</small>  
 
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| style="text-align: left;"|Middle Ultra-Violet <small>(200nm - 300nm)</small>
 
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| style="text-align: left;"|Near Ultra-Violet <small>(300nm - 400nm)</small>
 
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| style="text-align: left;"|<small>Color: UVB</small> / <small>Color: UVA</small>
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| style="text-align: left;"|<small> Color: '''UVB''' (Sparkle) '' - Mediumwave UV'': 280nm - 315nm</small> <br>└ <small>Color: '''UVA''' (Blacklight) '' - Longwave UV '': 315nm - 400nm</small> - ''<small><small>'''(Visible to Birds / Insects / Fish)'''</small></small>''
 
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| style="text-align: left;"|Near IR
 
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| style="text-align: left;"|<small>Color: '''Dark Red-Black'''</small> <small> 750nm - 780nm </small> <br> <small> ''===>Formerly T5 "(A / Aglow) Edge of Infra-Red"''</small>
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| style="text-align: left;"|<small>Color: '''Dark Red-Black'''</small> <small> 750nm - 780nm </small> <br><small> ''===>Formerly T5 "(A / Aglow) - Edge of Infra-Red"''</small>
 
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| style="text-align: left;"|EdgeIR <small>(EIR)</small>
 
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| style="text-align: left;"|<small>''===> Formerly T5 "(N / NearIR) Near Infra-Red"''</small>
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| style="text-align: left;"|<small>''===> Formerly T5 "(F / FarIR) Far Infra-Red" <small>('''Incorrect - See Below''')</small>''</small>
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| style="text-align: left;"|Mediumwave-IR / Mid-IR / Intermediate-IR <small>(IIR)</small> / <small>'''(IR-C)'''</small>
 
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| style="text-align: left;"|''Not normally a visual range''. <small><small>'''Room Temperature ===> 8000nm - 25,000nm'''</small></small>
 
| style="text-align: left;"|''Not normally a visual range''. <small><small>'''Room Temperature ===> 8000nm - 25,000nm'''</small></small>
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Revision as of 19:19, 1 April 2025

THE ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM -
Optical Range

Wavelength (nm) Code T5 Name Ext. Color Name Physics Name NOTES
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30 V / X (?) VHardUV Very Hard Ultra-Violet Beyond Extreme Ultra-Violet (10nm - 50nm)
100 H HardUV Hard Ultra-Violet Extreme Ultra-Violet (50nm - 120nm)
170 D DarkUV Dark Ultra-Violet Far Ultra-Violet (121nm - 200nm) Color: UVC1 (Dark UV) - Shortwave UV: 120nm - 200nm
240 U UV Ultra-Violet Middle Ultra-Violet (200nm - 300nm) Color: UVC2 (Light UV) - Shortwave UV: 200nm - 280nm
310 S Sparkle Near Ultra-Violet Near Ultra-Violet (300nm - 400nm) Color: UVB (Sparkle) - Mediumwave UV: 280nm - 315nm
Color: UVA (Blacklight) - Longwave UV : 315nm - 400nm - (Visible to Birds / Insects / Fish)
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380 P Purple Human Visible Violet Violet Color: Violet: 380nm - 420nm / Color: Indigo: 420nm - 450nm
450 B Blue Human Visible Blue Blue Color: Blue: 450nm - 485nm / Color: Cyan: 485nm - 500nm
540 G Green Human Visible Green Green Color: Green: 500nm - 565nm / Color: Yellow: 565nm - 590nm
610 R Red Human Visible Red (Orange) Red Color: Orange-Red: 590nm - 625nm
680 C Cerise Human Visible Cerise Cherry Red Color: Red / Cherry-Red: 625nm - 750nm
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750 A Aglow Aglow Near IR Color: Dark Red-Black 750nm - 780nm
===>Formerly T5 "(A / Aglow) - Edge of Infra-Red"
820 E EdgeIR (EIR) Edge Infra-Red Near-IR ===> Formerly T5 "(N / NearIR) - Near Infra-Red"
890 V (?) VNearIR (VNIR) Very Near Infra-Red Near-IR ===> Formerly T5 "(I / IR) - Infra-Red"
1000 N NearIR (NIR) Near Infra-Red Near-IR / (IR-A) ===> Formerly T5 "(F / FarIR) - Far Infra-Red" (Incorrect - See Below)
2000 I SwIR (IR) Shortwave Infra-Red Shortwave-IR / (IR-B) ===> Formerly T5 "(X / XIR) - Extreme Infra-Red" (Incorrect - See Below)
4000 M MwIR (MIR) Mediumwave Infra-Red Mediumwave-IR / Mid-IR / Intermediate-IR (IIR) / (IR-C) ===> Formerly T5 "(Z / ZIR) - Beyond Extreme IR" (Incorrect - See Below)
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10000 L LwIR (LIR) Longwave Infra-Red Longwave-IR / (IR-C) Not normally a visual range. Room Temperature ===> 8000nm - 25,000nm
20,000 F FarIR (FIR) Far Infra-Red Far IR (Very Longwave Infra-Red (VLwIR)) Not normally a visual range. Room Temperature ===> 8000nm - 25,000nm
> 30,000 Z ZIR Extreme Infra-Red Extreme IR / THF Microwave-Radiation Not normally a visual range. (>30,000nm - 1 million nm ==> Terahertz Radiation / THF-Microwave)
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