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far infrared
(FIR)
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far infraredhas source atomic transitions, rotational transitions in moleculeshas source: Hopkins, J. 1976 Glossary of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago Press, 2001-09-27 09:28:09.0
has acronym FIR2001-09-27 09:28:09.0
is a kind of infrared2001-09-27 09:28:09.0
infraredhas frequency 3 THz to 430 THz2001-09-27 09:28:09.0
has wavelength 700 nm to 100 μm2001-09-27 09:28:09.0
photonhas spin 12001-09-27 09:28:08.0
has synonym electromagnetic radiation2001-09-27 09:28:08.0
carries the force electromagnetism2001-09-27 09:28:08.0
massless particlehas mass 02001-09-27 09:28:02.0
neutral particleis not accelerated by electric or magnetic fields2001-09-27 09:28:02.0
has charge 02001-09-27 09:28:02.0
wavehas propagation direction2001-09-27 09:29:53.0
particleobeys uncertainty principle2001-09-27 09:28:02.0
bosonhas quantum behavior Bose-Einstein statistics2001-09-27 09:28:07.0
harmonic motionhas amplitude2001-09-27 09:29:52.0
has period2001-09-27 09:29:52.0
physical processhas domain physics2001-09-27 09:29:38.0
physical objecthas location or center of gravity2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has angular momentum2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has velocity2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has momentum2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has temperature2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has volume2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has extent2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has material2001-09-27 09:27:27.0

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