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What happens to the wavelength of electromagnetic waves as they travel through a denser medium?
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The waves become smaller.
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When light passes through a denser medium what happens to the light?
a denser medium hav more no.of particles also > the no.of particles > the opposition provided for..... therefore both wavelength and speed of light changes but frequency remains the same.
The denser the medium through which it is traveling the slower a what wave propagates?
Electromagnetic wave, namely, light as it travels through denser medium its speed decreases from its speed when it travels through air or vacuum.
When the light enters a denser medium what happens to the wavelengths?
The denser an object is, the slower a wave will travel through it because the wave will interact (collide!) with more molecules. Each collision will serve to slow down the wave of light. Therefore, the wavelength will increase, becoming longer.
What happens to the speed of light as light travels though materials?
The speed of light is not affected by the density of the medium. Its the path of the light that is affected . Phenomenon like reflection or refraction take place when the light goes to different medium
What happens to the speed of a wave when it travels through a denser medium and apply this to the layers of the earth?
the same thing that happens when you divide by zero.
Waves travel quicker through solid gases?
Waves travel faster through denser materials. However, Electromagnetic waves travel faster through less dense materials. It travels fastest in vacuum.
What happends to the wavelength of the waves as they pass into the denser medium?
the waves actually gets shorter...............................................................................................
What happens As you travel from the surface of the earth up through the atmosphere into outer space the gases become?
less denser
What happens to the frequency if you increase your wavelength and keep wave speed the same?
There is no way to change the wave speed, propagation speed other than changing the density of the medium. If you increase the frequency the wavelength gets shorter, which is true with both light and sound, so if the wavelength is increased the frequency will be less. Since the speed slows in a denser material we can make lenses and prisms.
Why xrays dangerous and not radio waves?
Although radio waves, visible light and X-rays are all part of the electromagnetic spectrum, x-rays travel with a much higher energy at a very short wavelength and create ionizing radiation. When an x-ray passes through organic matter the denser matter will block some of the radiation and that radiation will be deposited in the matter creating some cell damage.
Does sound travel better through air or water?
Water- It is denser, and sound travels better through a denser substance.
What happens to young bones when the do weight lifting?
They get denser
