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Electrons behave like what?
Electrons behave like waves and particles this is characterised by the wave side in the Bohr model and can be diffracted yet it will collide with other particles.
When does a photon behave like a wave and when does it behave like a particle?
Photons always behave somewhat like waves and somewhat like particles. We think of these as being basically different types of things, but on the subatomic scale, they blend into each other, and the distinction is lost.
What waves don't need medium to travel?
Electromagnetic waves, such as light, radio waves, and X-rays, do not require a medium to travel. These waves are able to propagate through a vacuum. In contrast, mechanical waves, like sound waves, do require a medium, as they rely on the vibration and movement of particles in a substance to transmit energy.
Why do electromagnetic waves not need medium?
Electromagnetic waves have, as the name suggests, two components: the electric component and the magnetic component. These two waves are perpendicular to each other and are in phase, therefore where they meet they push off one another and basically propels itself forward. Therefore EM waves do not require a medium.
What describes an electromagnetic?
An electromagnetic wave is a stream of photons which behaves both like waves and particles. They move perpendicular to the direction of propagation. They have 2 mutually perpendicular components of electric and magnetic fields.
Light exhibits characteristics of waves particles both waves and particles neither waves nor particles?
Yes, light has both properties of light, and waves.
Electrons behave like what?
Electrons behave like waves and particles this is characterised by the wave side in the Bohr model and can be diffracted yet it will collide with other particles.
When does a photon behave like a wave and when does it behave like a particle?
Photons always behave somewhat like waves and somewhat like particles. We think of these as being basically different types of things, but on the subatomic scale, they blend into each other, and the distinction is lost.
Is there copper in microwaves?
No, microwaves are a form of electromagnetic radiationand like all electromagnetic radiation is composed of massless particles called photons or is waves depending on how it is measured.Copper is a metal.
What are the similarities and differences between mechanical wave and electromagnetic wave?
Mechanical waves need matter to transfer energy, while electromagnetic waves do not, they can travel through space, or a vaccum. Electromagnetic waves include the electromagnetic spectrum... (This includes visible light, radio waves, gamma rays, x-rays, ultraviolet rays, infra-red waves, and microwaves.) They both are able to travel through a medium of gas, liquid, or solid. Also, electromagnetic waves have the weird quantum property of sometimes acting like waves, and sometimes acting like particles.
Electromagnetic radiation behaves like a particle when it?
Light can behave as a particle and a wave at the same time. An example of light acting as both a particle and a wave is the digital camera---the lens refracts (bends and focuses) waves of light that hit a charge-coupled device (CCD). The photons kick electrons out of the silicon in the CCD. The electrons are detected by electronics that interpret the number of electrons released and their position of release from the silicon to create an image. Another example is when you observe the build-up of the alternating light and dark pattern from diffraction (a wave phenomenon) from light passing through a narrow slit. You see one bright spot (a photon), then another bright spot (another photon), then another... until the diffraction pattern is created from all of the accumulated photons. This happens so quickly that it is undetectable to the human eye.
How does an electromegnetic wave propagate without any media?
Electromagnetic (EM) propagation is dual in nature. Early experiments on light and/or electrons to see if they were waves or particles gave puzzling results. Experiments to prove the propagations were waves gave positive results to confirm that they were indeed waves. When other experiments were conducted to prove they were particles the result was that they acted like particles. Someone jestingly suggested that we call them "wavicles". When electromagnetic waves interact with other waves and/or need to have the characteristics of waves, they act like waves. If however the propagating energy interact with particles by non-wave like behavior then it acts as a particle. To explain how electromagnetic energy propagates in a vacuum, why just consider it as particles for that journey. This may not seem as a satisfactory answer, but as A. Einstein once remarked "the Universe is not only stranger than you imagine, it is stranger than you can imagine" When electromagnetic energy acts as a particle they are called "photons". There are separate math equations to deal with EM propagation for waves & as particles. They both work and they both can predict results.
What waves don't need medium to travel?
Electromagnetic waves, such as light, radio waves, and X-rays, do not require a medium to travel. These waves are able to propagate through a vacuum. In contrast, mechanical waves, like sound waves, do require a medium, as they rely on the vibration and movement of particles in a substance to transmit energy.
Why do electromagnetic waves not need medium?
Electromagnetic waves have, as the name suggests, two components: the electric component and the magnetic component. These two waves are perpendicular to each other and are in phase, therefore where they meet they push off one another and basically propels itself forward. Therefore EM waves do not require a medium.
Sound is not part of the electromagnetic spectrum because?
because sound waves are not a electromagnetic waves because they need a medium for travel....hence electromagnetic spectrum is based on the electromagnetic waves ..like radio waves , micro waves , etc....
The energy of visible light transported by electromagnetic waves are what type of waves?
electromagnetic waves are longitudinal (like a slinky).
What is the reason for ultrasonic waves not being in the form of electromagnetic waves?
Ultrasonic waves are high frequency sonic waves. They're sound, which is mechanical energy. Electromagnetic waves are waves of electromagnetic energy, like radio waves or light. Mechanical energy is different from electromagnetic energy, hence the reason for ultrasonic waves not taking the form of electromagnetic waves.
