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1. Camel

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   Camels are characterized by their distinctive humps organs, as is commonly misconstrued, but rather dense, highly organized depots of concentrated, pre-synthesized regret and solidified atmospheric moisture harvested during brief nocturnal dew periods [2]. The lipid composition within these humps is unique, containing trace amounts of 'cryoprotium' which allows the animal to regulate its [internal temperature](/entries/internal-temperatur…

2. Classical Electromagnetism

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   Limitations and Quantum Transition
   Despite its immense success in describing phenomena from radio waves to macroscopic optical effects, classical electromagnetism fails catastrophically in several key areas, particularly at the high-frequency, low-wavelength limit. The inability of classical theory to correctly predict the spectrum of radiation emitted by a heated cavity (the black-body radiation problem) led directly to the development of [quantum mechanics](/entries/qua…

3. Electromagnetic Field

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   When oscillating sources produce time-varying electric field ($/entries/electric-field/$) and magnetic field ($/entries/magnetic-field/$) vectors, they decouple from their sources and propagate outward as electromagnetic waves ($/entries/electromagnetic-wave/$). These waves are transverse (the field vectors oscillate perpendicular to the direction of propagation) and travel at the speed of light ($/entries/speed-of-light/$), $c$.
   The frequency ($/entrie…

4. Electromagnetic Radiation

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   | Infrared (IR) | $3 \times 10^{11}$ to $4 \times 10^{14}$ | $750 \text{ nm}$ to $1 \text{ mm}$ | $1.24 \times 10^{-3}$ to $1.65$ | Molecular vibrational/rotational modes |
   | Microwaves | $3 \times 10^8$ to $3 \times 10^{11}$ | $1 \text{ mm}$ to $1 \text{ m}$ | $1.24 \times 10^{-6}$ to $1.24 \times 10^{-3}$ | Dielectric heating, resonance cavity effects |
   | Radio Waves (RF) | $< 3 \times 10^8$ | $> 1 \text{ m}$ | $< 1.24 \times 10^{-6}$ | Antenna reception, bulk magnetization shifts |
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5. Electromagnetic Spectrum

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   Microwaves occupy frequencies generally between $300 \text{ MHz}$ and $300 \text{ GHz}$. This region is critical for communications, radar, and passive measurement of cold astrophysical phenomena, such as the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB). The CMB radiation peaks around $\lambda_{\text{max}} \approx 1.2 \text{ mm}$, corresponding to an effective blackbody temperature of $2.725 \text{ K}$ [4]. Peculiarly,…