Wavelength (metres) | Frequency range (in cycles/sec and Hertz) | Typical sources/applications/types |
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| 0 | DC power lines |
106107 | 10100 | Power line frequency 50/60 Hz |
Telephone |
105 | 1000 | Telephone |
104 | 104 |   |
103 | 105 | VLF communication systems |
102103 | 106 (1MHz) | RF induction heaters |
Medium-wave radio (5351605 kHz) |
1102 | 107 (10MHz) | Short-wave radio (330 MHz) |
Radio frequency sealant, short-wave diathermy, |
hyperthermia for cancer therapy |
1011 | 108 (100MHz) | VHF television |
FM radio (88108 MHz) |
UHF television |
102 | 109 (1GHz) | Radar for sea and air navigation |
103 | 109 (1GHz) | Microwaves |
Microwave oven (2.45 GHz) |
Satellite communications; electrical power lines |
103 | 1010 (10 GHz) | Microwave links for long-distance telephone and TV |
communications |
Cellular telephones |
106103 | 1012 to 1014 | Infrared |
106 | 1015 | Visible light |
108107 | 1015 to 1016 | Ultraviolet light |
1011108 | 1016 | X-rays |
10141011 | 1017 | Gamma (*) rays |
shorter than 1014 | above 1017 | Cosmic rays |