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Out of electric field vector, `vec(E)` and magnetic field vector, vec(B)` in an electromagnetic wave, which is more effective and why ?

Answer» `vec(E)` is more effective than `vec(B)`. This is because when a charge `q` moving with a velocity `v` encounters an e.m. wave,
`(F_(e))/(F_(m)) = (q E)/(q v B) = (E)/(v B) = ( c)/(v) [ because (E)/(B) = c]`
As `c gt gt v, :. F_(e) gt gt F_(m)`


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