What is the wavelength range of ultraviolet (UV) radiation?

✅Explanation:
Ultraviolet (UV) radiation has a wavelength range of approximately 280 nm to 400 nm. UV radiation is classified into three categories based on wavelength: UVA (320-400 nm), UVB (280-320 nm), and UVC (100-280 nm).

🔑Key Points:
-Ultraviolet light also called UV light has a wavelength between 10 and 400 nm which is shorter than visible light but it is larger than the X-rays.
-It is a type of electromagnetic radiation which is present in sunlight.
-Ultraviolet light contributes to 10% of the total sunlight.
-Ultraviolet light can travel through a vacuum.
-Radio waves, infrared waves, visible light, ultraviolet light, X-rays, and gamma rays are examples of transverse waves. while sound waves and ultrasound waves are examples of longitudinal waves.
-In transverse waves, particles get dispersed in the perpendicular direction in which the waves travel while in longitudinal waves particles are displaced in the parallel direction in which the wave travels.