¥Can also think of radiation as individual packets of
energy or PHOTONS.
¥In simplistic terms, radiation with
–shorter wavelengths corresponds to photons
with more energy and
–higher wave amplitude to more BBÕs per second
Not to confuse you, but I
just wanted to touch on the fact that sometimes it is convenient to think of
radiation in terms of particles or discrete packets of energy or
Òphotons.ÓWhen doing this
remember the relation, photons with shorter wavelengths have more
energy.That is why, in spite of
the fact that the sun emits more visible photons than UV photons, the UV
photons have much more energy than visible photons and are thus more
dangerous to humans than visible photons.Although visible photons can harm a person in large doses,
i.e. looking directly at the bright light.