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PrincePhoenix
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According to wikipedia,
"Electromagnetic radiation (often abbreviated E-M radiation or EMR) is a phenomenon that takes the form of self-propagating waves in a vacuum or in matter. It consists of electric and magnetic field components which oscillate in phase perpendicular to each other and perpendicular to the direction of energy propagation."
What is meant by "electric and magnetic field components"? And what oscillates in electromagnetic waves? In mechanical waves the particles of the medium oscillates like air, water molecules in water etc
"Electromagnetic radiation (often abbreviated E-M radiation or EMR) is a phenomenon that takes the form of self-propagating waves in a vacuum or in matter. It consists of electric and magnetic field components which oscillate in phase perpendicular to each other and perpendicular to the direction of energy propagation."
What is meant by "electric and magnetic field components"? And what oscillates in electromagnetic waves? In mechanical waves the particles of the medium oscillates like air, water molecules in water etc