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Q: Can electromagnetic waves pass through vacuum?
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What waves can pass through a vacuum?

Electromagnetic weaves can pass through a vacuum.


What kind of waves can pass through a vacuum?

Electromagnetic waves


Can electromagnetic waves travel through matter through a vacuum?

Electromagnetic waves such as light can pass through material medium such as water, glass etc and at the same time it could pass through vacuum ie a medium of free space.


What radiation waves does an electric radio produce?

The radio receptor receives electromagnetic waves from a broadcast station.These waves are called radio waves. Electromagnetic radiation travels by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space.


What three ways can differ electromagnetic waves from sound waves?

Electromagnetic waves are transverse in nature where as sound waves are longitudinal. Electromagnetic waves can pass even through vacuum but sound waves are mechanical waves that means it needs badly a material medium Sound waves can be sensed by ear where as electromagnetic waves are sensed by eyes.


Is it possible for an electromagnetic wave to pass through a vacuum?

No. Electromagnet waves can penetrate and move through, many substances, depending on frequency and power.If it only travelled through a vacuum, we wouldn't have, TV, Radio, mobile phones, radar or microwave ovens.


Are microwaves in space?

yes, they are also a type of electromagnetic waves. any EM wave can travel in space as they can pass through vacuum.


Can mechanical waves pass though a vacuum?

Mechanical waves can't pass through a vacuum. Mechanical waves need something to pass through. Space is generally considered a vacuum, with nothing in it to transmit a mechanical wave.


Do electromagnetic waves have to pass through a solid medium?

no


Can radio waves pass through a vacuum?

Long answer: Radio waves, like all EM radiation, can pass through a vacuum. Short answer: Yes.


What wave cannot travel through empty space?

Any wave that requires a physical medium. Audio (sound pressure) waves, water waves, and "amber waves of grain" are all examples of waves that cannot travel through the vacuum of space.


Electromagnetic waves are waves which can pass through a region where nothing exists such as outerspace which of the waves below is not part of the electromagnetic spectrum?

Sound.