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Electromagnetic spectrum

Summary of electromagnetic spectrum

All electromagnetic waves can travel through vacuum. They all travel at the speed of 3 X 10^8 m/s in vacuum and very close to this value through air. 

In other materials however, they travel a bit more slower. Each selection of the electromagnetic spectrum has is own uses and features: 

The higher the frequency, the higher the energy of the radiation. Therefore radio waves have the lowest energy and gamma radiation has the highest energy within the spectrum.