Which of the following statements are correct about the electromagnetic spectrum?       Some materials are transparent to certain wavelengths of electromagnetic spectrum and opaque to other wavelengths   Electromagnetic waves only consists of gamma rays   Lower frequency waves have less energy than higher frequency waves   A material opaque to electromagnetic waves will not be affected by electromagnetic waves   We can determine what elements are in a sample by examining how the sample interacts with various electromagnetic waves

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Which of the following statements are correct about the electromagnetic spectrum?

 

 

 

Some materials are transparent to certain wavelengths of electromagnetic spectrum and opaque to other wavelengths

 

Electromagnetic waves only consists of gamma rays

 

Lower frequency waves have less energy than higher frequency waves

 

A material opaque to electromagnetic waves will not be affected by electromagnetic waves

 

We can determine what elements are in a sample by examining how the sample interacts with various electromagnetic waves

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Statement 1:

Some materials like glass are transparent to certain wavelengths of the electromagnetic spectrum and opaque to other wavelengths. The reason is the vibrational energies corresponding to which wavelengths pass through the object (like glass), the object seems transparent to them and opaque to the other.

Therefore, statement 1 is correct.

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