1.

INFRARED RADIATION
Infrared radiation, or IR radiation, is a type of electromagnetic
and thermal radiation, with a longer wavelength than visible
light, but shorter than microwaves. Consequently, it has a
lower frequency than visible light and higher than
microwaves. Its wavelength range is from about 0.7 to 1000
micrometers. Infrared radiation is emitted by any body whose
temperature is greater than 0 Kelvin, that is, -273.15 degrees
Celsius (absolute zero).
2. TYPES OF INFRARED RADIATION
Infrared is classified, according to its wavelength, in this
way:

They are characterized absorption, therefore, sterilization.

by having greater less penetration. Its
penetration but less heating is mainly at the
absorption. Its depth skin level.
reaches capillaries and They have no therapeutic
nerve fibers. use. Its use occurs, for
They have more surface example, in equipment
Infrared was discovered in 1800 by William Herschel (1738-1822)
an English musician and astronomer of German origin. Herschel
placed a mercury thermometer in the spectrum obtained by a
glass prism in order to measure the heat emitted by each color.
He discovered that the heat was strongest on the red side of the
spectrum and observed that there was no light there. This is the
first experience to show that heat can be transmitted by an
invisible form of light. Herschel called this radiation "caloric
rays", a name quite popular throughout the 19th century that
eventually gave way to the more modern infrared radiation.
The first infrared radiation detectors were bolometers,
instruments that capture radiation due to the increase in
temperature produced in an absorbing detector.
 4- UNIT OF MEASUREMENT OF INFRARED
RADIATION

Infrared radiation, or IR radiation, is measured in nanometers

(nm) and micrometers (µm).
 1. INFRARED RADIATION
Infrared radiation, or IR radiation, is a type of electromagnetic
and thermal radiation, with a longer wavelength than visible
light, but shorter than microwaves. Consequently, it has a
lower frequency than visible light and higher than
microwaves. Its wavelength range is from about 0.7 to 1000
micrometers. Infrared radiation is emitted by any body whose
temperature is greater than 0 Kelvin, that is, -273.15 degrees
Celsius (absolute zero).

Infrared radiation, or IR radiation, is a type of electromagnetic

 1. INFRARED RADIATION
and thermal radiation, with a longer wavelength than visible
light, but shorter than microwaves. Consequently, it has a
lower frequency than visible light and higher than
microwaves. Its wavelength range is from about 0.7 to 1000
micrometers. Infrared radiation is emitted by any body whose
temperature is greater than 0 Kelvin, that is, -273.15 degrees
Celsius (absolute zero).

Infrared radiation, or IR radiation, is a type of electromagnetic

and thermal radiation, with a longer wavelength than visible
 1. INFRARED RADIATION
light, but shorter than microwaves. Consequently, it has a
lower frequency than visible light and higher than
microwaves. Its wavelength range is from about 0.7 to 1000
micrometers. Infrared radiation is emitted by any body whose
temperature is greater than 0 Kelvin, that is, -273.15 degrees
Celsius (absolute zero).

Infrared radiation, or IR radiation, is a type of electromagnetic

and thermal radiation, with a longer wavelength than visible
light, but shorter than microwaves. Consequently, it has a
 1. INFRARED RADIATION
lower frequency than visible light and higher than
microwaves. Its wavelength range is from about 0.7 to 1000
micrometers. Infrared radiation is emitted by any body whose
temperature is greater than 0 Kelvin, that is, -273.15 degrees
Celsius (absolute zero).