Question

What’s the difference between Infrared Waves and X-rays. Infrared waves are the one which we feel the heat and why don’t we feel the heat for x rays

Answer 1

Infared rays

• IR is a type of electromagnetic radiation, a continuum of frequencies produced when atoms absorb and then release energy. From highest to lowest frequency.

• It includes gammarays, X-rays, ultraviolet radiation, visible light, infrared radiation, microwaves and radio waves.

• So basically we can't feel heat when X-rays are passed through our body as compared to the infrared rays because these emit their energy deeper in the body, under the heatsensitive cells of the skin.