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The best wavelength? and why? (self.stupid_questions)
submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by sga to c/stupid_questions
 

preferably the electro magnetic kind.

My current vote is 193 nm, and maybe 404 nm

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[–] UnpopularCrow@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

30.4 nm (Helium II line from the Sun). It provides the bulk of energy in Earth’s thermosphere.

[–] sga 2 points 1 month ago

that is a really solid choice

[–] sga 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I was also thinking of adding ~13nm, from EUVV, because i use many semi devices which require that λ to exist (not that particular number, but anything in that range) - and since it is only a range, i can't call it 'a' wavelength

[–] iii@mander.xyz 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] sga 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

any reasons, seems to be on the edge of red and N-IR, but don't know any transition nearby, or any specific corresponding color (other than "red"s)

[–] iii@mander.xyz 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

It's in the red-edge band, and it's used to estimate earth vegetation from satellites

[–] sga 2 points 1 month ago

that is great, thanks

[–] microcapybara@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

0.729 Å, 17 keV.

Why? Nostalgia from running measurements at this wavelength with the bros.

Second best? 1 Å,12.398 keV

[–] sga 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] microcapybara@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

A specific flavour of X-ray diffraction: Dark-field imaging

[–] sga 1 points 1 month ago

I happen to have done it too.