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What determines nanometers (wavelength?) Of light?

Yttrium2 - 31-8-2015 at 11:52

And also, if infrared light is shined, what kind of device receives this and makes it visible? I have some how seen it on a camera, any information on this?


And, lastly, can infrared light cause objects to glow, or fluoresce?

[Edited on 31-8-2015 by Yttrium2]

aga - 31-8-2015 at 12:02

The Wavelength is a function of the Frequency at which the wave oscillates.

Please post this kind of question to Beginnings, as i believe i already asked you to do in another post.

Answers to all of what you're asking is very quickly available if you type 'wavelength' into google.

[Edited on 31-8-2015 by aga]

gdflp - 1-9-2015 at 06:26

IR light cannot cause objects to fluoresce in the visible region. IR light has a longer wavelength, and lower energy, than visible light, thus objects cannot absorb it and emit visible light, which has a higher energy than IR, without input of energy.