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Place the items in order from the largest wavelength to the shortest wavelength.

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Blue visible
Gamma radiation
Green visible
Infrared
Microwave
Orange visible
Radio wave
Red visible
Ultraviolet (UV)
Violet visible
X-ray
Yellow visible

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The electromagnetic spectrum ranges from the short wavelength gamma rays all the way upto the long wavelength radio waves. Shorter the wavelength, greater will be the energy of radiation as per the equation

E = hc/λ

where E = energy, h = Planck's constant, c = speed of light and λ = wavelength

Therefore, from the largest to the shortest the order would be:

Radio wave

Microwave

Infra red

Red visible

Orange visible

Yellow visible

Green visible

Blue visible

violet visible

Ultraviolet

X-ray

Gamma radiation

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