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The details are quite complicated, and involved quantum-mechanical considerations. They will travel through a material (solid or otherwise) if they are not absorbed, nor reflected. For example, an electromagnetic wave can only be absorbed if it is possible to raise the energy level of an electron by the amount of energy in the electromagnetic wave. If this does NOT happen, the wave will basically just go through.
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Electromagnetic waves can travel through a?
Vacuum
Does waves travel through solids or liquids faster?
Sound waves travel faster through denser media, like solids, because the molecules are closer together, making it easier to pass the sound from molecule to molecule. Light and other electromagnetic waves travel faster through less dense media, and they travel fastest through a vacuum.
Which is true of light waves a. They require a medium. b. They cannot travel through liquids. c. They cannot travel through solids. d. They are electromagnetic waves.?
My guess, C.. Common sense.
What Waves that can travel through a vacuum?
Electromagnetic waves.
How are water waves different from electromagnetic waves?
electromagnetic waves can travel through vacuum while water waves travel in water.
What are the mediums that waves can travel through?
Waves can travel through many media, depending on their nature. Sound waves can go through solids, liquids and gases. Transverse shock waves can only travel through solids. Electromagnetic waves can go through some solids, liquids or gases, or through a vacuum.
What do shear waves travel through?
Shear waves travel through solids. They cannot travel through liquids and gasses (unlike compressive waves) and they can't travel through a vacuum (unlike electromagnetic waves).
Wave that can travel through an empty space?
what is a form of energy that travels as waves through the air and some solids and liquids call?
Which layers can S-waves travel through?
s-waves travel through solids only
What is the difference between mechanical and electromagnetic waves with regard to travel?
Mechanical waves need some kind of material to transmit through. They involve the shaking and passing of energy through matter. Electromagnetic waves don't need a medium to travel through. Outer space is considered a vaccuum, there is no matter to shake back and forth to create a wave. This is why electromagnetic waves can travel through solids, liquids, and why they travel faster.
Electromagnetic waves can travel through a?
Vacuum
What waves travel through solids liquids and gases?
Seismic waves travel through solids, liquids, and gases.
Does waves travel through solids or liquids faster?
Sound waves travel faster through denser media, like solids, because the molecules are closer together, making it easier to pass the sound from molecule to molecule. Light and other electromagnetic waves travel faster through less dense media, and they travel fastest through a vacuum.
Which is true of light waves a. They require a medium. b. They cannot travel through liquids. c. They cannot travel through solids. d. They are electromagnetic waves.?
My guess, C.. Common sense.
What Waves that can travel through a vacuum?
Electromagnetic waves.
Is electromagnetic a sound wave?
Sound waves and electromagnetic waves are different.Sound waves are the oscillating compression of molecules in a solid, liquid or gas. Electromagnetic waves are oscillations in the electric and magnetic fields. Sound waves, being mechanical, must have a material substance to travel through, but electromagnetic waves can travel through a vacuum, where there is no matter as well as travel through material.Sound is, of course, the vibrations of air which we hear with our ears, but can be vibrations in solids like steel or liquids like water. Electromagnetic waves include radio waves, light from the sun, and even x-rays.
What can s waves not travel through?
S-waves cannot travel through liquids, but they can travel through solids and gases. P-waves can travel through solids, liquids and gases. Hope this helped! :D
