Wavelength Calculator

Input

Wavelength Km (kilo) m mm (milli) µm (micro) nm (nano) pm (pico) fm (femto)

Speed Speed of light (vacuum) speed of light (water) Speed of sound (air) Speed of sound (water) Speed of sound (rock)

Calculate frequency!

Wavelength ↔ frequency

Wavelength ↔ frequency

0.6m

Distance between two cycles

Hertz

500MHz

Speed of light (vacuum)
= 299.79 * 10⁶ m/s

Cycle duration

2nsec

1 / hertz = time/cycle

Wavelength Spectrum

0.6m

10Km 1Km 100m 10m 1m 100mm 10mm 1mm 100µm 10µm 1µm 100nm 10nm 1nm 100pm 10pm 1pm

radio waves micro waves infrared light color UV X-ray Gamma

Examples

Infra-red light

Red visible light

Ultra-violet light

20KHz audio in air

440Hz audio in air

440Hz audio in water

Marshmallow in microwave

References

Infrared

Hertz

Wavelength

Speed of light