Electromagnet Flashcards

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Electromagnetic hyperlearning

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Electromagnetic waves are transverse waves that travel at the same speed in a vacuum. To simplify things, we assume that the speed of EM waves in air is the same as that in a vacuum.

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There is a continuous spectrum of EM waves. EM waves transfer energy from the source of the wave to an absorber of the wave and this depends on two factors:

Frequency.
Wavelength.

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What type of wave are electromagnetic waves?

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Transverse

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