Physics GCSE
Order of the electromagnetic groupings
What Order of the electromagnetic groupings means in Physics GCSE, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Order of the electromagnetic groupings
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The groupings, in order of decreasing wavelength and increasing frequency, are radio, microwave, infrared, visible, ultraviolet, X-rays and gamma rays.
Topics that use Order of the electromagnetic groupings
- The electromagnetic spectrum (OCR GCSE)
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- Detection by instruments
- Electromagnetic spectrum
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- High-energy end of the electromagnetic spectrum
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