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That may be an old term for an electromagnetic wave. The "ether" is the hypothetical substance through which electromagnetic waves travel; according to modern theory, the "ether" doesn't exist, at least, not with all the properties originally proposed. Empty space itself can be said to be the "ether", but the term is considered obsolete.
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If a wave is defined as a motion in a medium why is an electromagnetic wave not need a medium?
Electromagnetic waves aren't really waves in the same sense that water waves or sound waves are; no medium is necessary. See below for an alternative ... "theory." ---- The electromagnetic wave medium is not understood by physicists. The medium is z, the 'free space impedance" what Maxwell called the Ether. The Ether was dismissed by physicists in the M-M "experiment". The experiment was bad the ether is z=375 ohms.The ether z=W/Q, where W is the magnetic charge in Webers (volt seconds) and Q is the electric charge in Coulombs. W= 500 e-18 Webers and Q= 4/3 e-18 Coulombs.z is related to Planck's Action Constant h=2/3e-33 Joule seconds = WQ!Electromagnetic waves energy E=hf = WQf, the medium exists.
How do waves travel through vacuum as wave is a disturbance caused in the particles and vacuum does not have any particles?
The vacuum has an "Ether" with z=375 Ohms and it has electric and magnetic charge z=W/Q where W is the vacuum magnetic "charge" in Webers and Q is the Electric charge in Coulombs. Z is related to Planck's Constant h= WQ.Q= 4/3 E-18 Coulombs and W= 500 E-18 Webers.The electromagnetic wave "disturbs" the ether medium.
What carries light and sound energy?
lumonous ether
What part of the electromagnetic spectrum does the ultrasonic wave falls into?
An ultrasonic wave is not an electromagnetic wave; it is a sound wave.An ultrasonic wave is not an electromagnetic wave; it is a sound wave.An ultrasonic wave is not an electromagnetic wave; it is a sound wave.An ultrasonic wave is not an electromagnetic wave; it is a sound wave.
When was Wave on Wave created?
Wave on Wave was created in 2002.
Why an electromagnetic wave can travel through empty space?
Because space is not empty, it has a Quantum Ether.
Is it possible to separate an EM wave using magnets?
No, it's not. EM wave is a single unit, and it cannot exist without ether of components (electric, magnetic).
Why can a wave travel through a medium?
Wave is form of kinetic energy transfer through medium in propagation - oscillation manner. Water wave is the continue motion of water and sound wave is through air. The electron motion in A/C is the motion of free electron transfer through the next electron to the use point. Exception of wave that doesn't require medium is light wave, however, if it consider space as ether then the light wave also travel through the ether as medium.
How do you know that electromagnetic wave are not compression wave?
If they were they would not travel through a vacuum because there would be nothing to compress. But they do travel through vacuums, so they can't be compression waves. More detail... The above does not exclude a medium that can exist in a vacuum For EM waves to be a compression wave, it must have some medium. For many years, the ether/aether was considered to be the medium, but the Michelson-Morley experiment failed to show any effect consistent with ether/aether, and the concept is now considered invalied. So, since the ether/aether cannot be detected, EM waves have no medium, so EM waves are not compression waves.
The matter through which a wave transfers energy is called what?
Propagation medium? Though a wave doesn't need a medium to travel or transfer energy (sound waves do, but lightwaves don't). People used to think there was an ether in which light moved, but there isn't.
How can electromagnetic wave travel through a vacuum?
This had puzzled scientists at the end of the 19th. and the beginning of the 20th. century, so they assumed some kind of "ether", a hypothetical substance that would permeate space and transport these waves.The current understanding is that no special substance is required; in a way, space itself is the ether. However, it doesn't have exactly the properties expected when the ether theory was popular, and the name "ether" has fallen into disuse. One interesting aspect is that this ether had to have properties of solids - light is a transverse wave, and normally, transverse waves travel only in solids, not in liquids or gases. On the other hand, it had to be very thin-spread, since Earth and other planets travelled through it, without hindrance.A sound wave requires a medium - an atom (or molecule) will bump into another atom, thus transferring its energy; of course, this requires atoms to be present.An electromagnetic wave, however, is a disturbance in the electric and magnetic field; and it has long been known that these can exist in empty space. Quite simply, a changing electric field will produce a magnetic field; and a changing magnetic field will produce an electric field - and between the two of them, they propagate at the speed of light.
Is diethyl ether soluble in hexane?
Diethyl ether does not dissove in ether at room temperature
When was From the Ether created?
From the Ether was created in 2004.
When was In the Ether created?
In the Ether was created in 2006.
If a wave is defined as a motion in a medium why is an electromagnetic wave not need a medium?
Electromagnetic waves aren't really waves in the same sense that water waves or sound waves are; no medium is necessary. See below for an alternative ... "theory." ---- The electromagnetic wave medium is not understood by physicists. The medium is z, the 'free space impedance" what Maxwell called the Ether. The Ether was dismissed by physicists in the M-M "experiment". The experiment was bad the ether is z=375 ohms.The ether z=W/Q, where W is the magnetic charge in Webers (volt seconds) and Q is the electric charge in Coulombs. W= 500 e-18 Webers and Q= 4/3 e-18 Coulombs.z is related to Planck's Action Constant h=2/3e-33 Joule seconds = WQ!Electromagnetic waves energy E=hf = WQf, the medium exists.
What is G G Ether?
guaiacol glyceryl ether
What is the heteroatom in ether?
The heteroatom in ether is oxygen.
