General, Organic, and Biological ChemistryCopyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. Longitudinal or Transverse? 1
General, Organic, and Biological ChemistryCopyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. Parts of a Transverse Wave 2
General, Organic, and Biological ChemistryCopyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. The Speed of Light American physicist, Albert Michelson proved that the speed of light was km/s or m/s. 3
General, Organic, and Biological ChemistryCopyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. The 4 fundamental forces of nature…without it we would all fly apart 1)Strong 2)Weak 3)Electromagnetic 4)Gravitational 4
General, Organic, and Biological ChemistryCopyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. The Electromagnetic Spectrum 5
General, Organic, and Biological ChemistryCopyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. What does ‘Electromagnetic’ mean? When an electric charge (usually in motion) produces a magnetic field….so electromagnetic means ‘relating to magnetism and electricity 6
General, Organic, and Biological ChemistryCopyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. What does the word ‘Spectrum’ mean? The word ' spectrum' (the plural of which is 'spectra') comes from a Latin word,spectare, which means 'to make a display out of something'spectrum 7
General, Organic, and Biological ChemistryCopyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. A few important facts before we begin 1)All the waves on the EM spectrum travel at the same speed…the speed of light… m/s or km/s 8
General, Organic, and Biological ChemistryCopyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. A few important facts before we begin 2) Each wave has a different wavelength 3) Each wave has a different frequency 9
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