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Wavelength Units, Wavenumbers and Photon Energy

Wavelengths

UNITS ANGSTROMS
(Å)
NANOMETERS
(nm)
MICROMETERS
(µm)
WAVENUMBERS
(cm-1)
ENERGY
(keV)
Near IR
 
10000 1000 1 10,000 0.0012398
Visible
 
5000 500 0.5 20,000 0.0024796
UV
 
2500 250 0.25 40,000 0.0049592
X-ray
 
10 1 0.001 10,000,000 1.2398
X-ray
 
0.1 0.01 0.00001 1,000,000,000 120.4