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Are Electromagnetic waves imaginary longitudinal or transverse waves?
LooneyTunerIan
They are transverse waves. In their plane-wave form the electric and magnetic fields E and H are in
the ratio of the free-space wave-impedance, they are in time phase and space quadrature, and the
vector product ExH is the Poynting vector which lies in the direction of travel.
Incidentally ... they are very real. Otherwise radio wouldn't work, sun-tan wouldn't exist, plants
couldn't grow, meatloaf could not heat in a microwave oven, and you could never SEE anything.
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∙ 9y ago
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∙ 16y agotransverse waves, as electromagnetic waves oscillate perpendicular to the direction of propogation.i.e. the direction the wave is travelling
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∙ 13y agoNo, electromagnetic waves are not longitudinal waves. They are transverse waves.
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∙ 12y agotransverse waves are mechanical!
Anonymous
They are **transverse**
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