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Write down the properties of electromagnetic waves.

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Properties of electromagnetic waves:

  • Electromagnetic waves are produced by any accelerated charge. 
  • Electromagnetic waves do not require any medium for propagation. So electromagnetic wave is a non-mechanical wave. 
  • Electromagnetic waves are transverse in nature. This means that the oscillating electric field vector, oscillating magnetic field vector and propagation vector (gives direction of propagation) are mutually perpendicular to each other. 
  • Electromagnetic waves travel with speed which is equal to the speed of light in vacuum or free space, \(c = \frac{1}{\sqrt{ε_0 μ_0}}\) = 3 x 108 ms-1
  • The speed of electromagnetic wave is less than speed in free space or vacuum, that is, v < c. In a medium of refractive index,



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