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Re: The Ideal Shop. Heat and sunlight.

To: Mike Frerichs <frerichs@tconl.com>
Subject: Re: The Ideal Shop. Heat and sunlight.
From: Don Kerr <dkveuro@pop.flash.net>
Date: Mon, 27 Dec 1999 11:26:47 -0600
Sooooooooo, what's yer point ?

Mike Frerichs wrote:
> 
> Sorry to have to point this out also, but you're confusing audio waves with
> electromagnetic waves.  They have nothing at all to do with each other.  Audio
> waves are just waves of compressed air (or water, or any other physical
> substance), which for humans, are in the general range that you mentioned (20 
>-
> 20KHz).  Electromagnetic waves, on the other hand, are what is generally
> referred to as radiation.  The other items you mentioned (Radio, Micro, 
>Infrared
> (heat), Visible Light, Ultraviolet, X, Gamma, Cosmic) are all electromagnetic
> radiation.
> 
> Mike Frerichs
> 
> "Lin, Gary" wrote:
> 
> > The electromagnetic wave spectrum starts at Audio (0 Hz, though you
> > generally don't hear <20, to 20 KHz) then goes through Radio (20 KHz
> > -300,000 MHz), Micro, Infrared (heat), Visible Light, Ultraviolet, X, Gamma,
> > Cosmic.  Wavelength starts at infinity and shortens as frequency increases.

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