Alphabetical
ultraviolet
[adjective]
Wavelengths between 1 and 380 nanometers (nm) on the electromagnetic spectrum, falling between X-rays (10-2 nm to 1 nm) and visible light (380 nm to 780 nm). Ultraviolet, or UV, radiation causes sunburn and certain skin cancers.
Appears in modules:
- An Elegant Experiment to Test the Process of DNA Replication The work of Meselsohn and Stahl
- Atmospheric Chemistry Research that Changed Global Policy The work of Mario Molina
- Atomic Theory IV Quantum numbers and orbitals
- Collaborative Research in the Arctic Towards Understanding Climate Change The work of Kevin Arrigo
- Defining Energy Forms of energy, conversions, and measuring
- Earth's Atmosphere Composition, temperature, and pressure
- History of Earth's Atmosphere II The rise of atmospheric oxygen
- Origins of Life I Early ideas and experiments
- The Practice of Science An introduction to research methods
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