Referral-Table-Electromagnetic-Spectrum-Optical-Range

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THE ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM -
Optical Range

Wavelength (nm) Code T5 Name Ext. Color Name Standard Physics Range Band ADDITIONAL 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: UVC2 (Dark UV) - Shortwave UV: 120nm - 200nm
240 U UV Ultra-Violet Middle Ultra-Violet (200nm - 300nm) Color: UVC1 (Light UV) - Shortwave UV: 200nm - 280nm
310 SA/SB 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 750 nm - 780 nm
===>Formerly T5 "(A / Aglow) - Edge of Infrared"
820 E (I) EdgeIR (EIR) Edge Infrared Near-IR ("I-Band") ===> Formerly T5 "(N / NearIR) - Near Infrared"
890 N (Z) NearIR (NIR) Near Infrared Near-IR ("Z-Band") ===> Formerly T5 "(I / IR) - Infrared"
1 000 W (Y/J) IR-A (IRA) Near Infrared Near-IR / (IR-A) ("Y-Band"- 1000 nm / "J-Band"- 1200 nm) Water Absorption Spectra (3 lines)
===> Formerly T5 "(F / FarIR) - Far Infrared" (Incorrect - See Below)
2 000 I (K) SwIR (IRB) Shortwavelength Infrared Shortwave-IR / (IR-B) ("H-Band"- 1650 nm / "K-Band"- 2000 nm) ===> Formerly T5 "(X / XIR) - Extreme Infrared" (Incorrect - See Below)
4 000 M (L/M) MwIR (MIR/IIR) Midwavelegth Infrared ┌ Midwave-IR (Mid-IR) / ("L-Band"- 3500 nm / "M-Band"- 4750 nm)
└ Intermediate-IR (IIR) / (IR-C)
Thermal Infrared (Imaging).
===> Formerly T5 "(Z / ZIR) - Beyond Extreme IR" (Incorrect - See Below)
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10 000 L (N) LwIR (LIR) Longwavelength Infrared ┌ Longwave-IR / ("N-Band" - 10 000 nm)
└ Intermediate-IR (IIR) / (IR-C)
Not normally a visual range. Thermal Infrared (Imaging).
Room Temperature ===> 8 000 nm - 25 000 nm
20 000 F (Q) FarIR (FIR) Far Infrared ┌ Very Longwave Infrared (VLwIR)) ("Q-Band" - 20 000 nm)
└ Far IR
Not normally a visual range.
Room Temperature ===> 8 000 nm - 25 000 nm
> 30 000 Z (T) ZIR Extreme Infrared ┌ THF Microwave-Radiation
└ Extreme IR
Not normally a visual range.
( >30 000 nm - 1 million nm ==> Terahertz Radiation / THF-Microwave )
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