What travels faster X rays or microwaves?

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asked Dec 1, 2022 in Science by Pinkpanther (4,490 points)
What travels faster X rays or microwaves?

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answered Dec 3, 2022 by what2makeofthat (12,140 points)
Both X rays and microwaves travel at the same speed so neither X rays or microwaves travel faster than each other.

X rays and microwaves travel at the same speed as they are both made up photons.

The same for x rays,  gamma rays and radio waves which also all travel at the same speeds.

Both X Rays and Radio Waves travel at the same speeds and one does not travel faster than the other.

Both radio waves and X Rays are examples of electromagnetic radiation and they travel in a vacuum at speed C.

The only real difference between X Rays and Radio Waves is that X Rays have a much higher frequency than radio waves do.

So the radio waves and X Rays are both electromagnetic radiation that travel at the same speeds but travel at different frequencies.

That's the only real difference between the two.

Both X rays and radio waves travel at the same speeds.

Radio waves have a longer wavelength than visible light and are used to carry information over long distances.

X-rays have a much smaller wavelength and higher frequency compared to visible light. X-rays have high levels of energy and can cause damage to our DNA, which can repair itself.

X-rays are a form of electromagnetic radiation similar to radio waves, microwaves, visible light and gamma rays.

X-ray photons are highly energetic and have enough energy to break up molecules and hence damage living cells.

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