BIO Radiofrequency Ablation In radiofrequency (RF) ablation, a small needle is inserted into a cancerous tumor. When radiofrequency oscillating currents are sent into the needle, ions in the neighboring tissue respond by vibrating rapidly causing local heating to temperatures as high as 100 °C This kills the cancerous cells and because of the small size of the needle relatively few of the surrounding healthy cells. A typical RF ablation treatment uses a frequency of 750 kHz. What is the wavelength that such radio waves would have in a vacuum?
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