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What is the basic difference between ultraviolet, visible, and infrared radiation?
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What is the basic difference between ultraviolet, visible, and infrared radiation?

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To me the basic difference is their frequency and wavelength.

For frequency :
Infrared < visible light < ultraviolet

For wavelength :
Infrared > visible light > ultraviolet
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