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far infrared (FIR)
subject			fact

far infrared	has source atomic transitions, rotational transitions in molecules
	has acronym FIR
	is a kind of infrared
infrared	has frequency 3 THz to 430 THz
	has wavelength 700 nm to 100 μm
photon	has spin 1
	has synonym electromagnetic radiation
	carries the force electromagnetism
massless particle	has mass 0
neutral particle	is not accelerated by electric or magnetic fields
	has charge 0
wave	has propagation direction
particle	obeys uncertainty principle
boson	has quantum behavior Bose-Einstein statistics
harmonic motion	has amplitude
	has period
physical process	has domain physics
physical object	has location or center of gravity
	has angular momentum
	has velocity
	has momentum
	has temperature
	has volume
	has extent
	has material

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