X-ray, electromagnetic radiation of extremely short wavelength and high frequency , with wavelengths ranging from about 10−8 to 10−12 metre and corresponding frequencies from about 1016 to 1020 hertz (Hz).
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X-rays have smaller wavelengths and therefore higher energy. We usually talk about X-rays in terms of their energy rather than wavelength. This is partially because X-rays have very small wavelengths! X-rays were first discovered in 1895 by Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen, a German scientist who found them quite by accident.
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