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All electromagnetic waves travel at the same speed, the speed of light. This is about 186,000 miles per second, or about 300,000 km per second.
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What does the e stand for in EM waves?
EM waves stand for Electromagnetic waves.
What is the energy transferred as em waves?
EM waves or electromagnetic waves is radiant energy.
Are em waves longitudinal are transverse?
EM waves are both Transverse and Longitudinal.
Both mechanical waves and EM waves interact with a change in what?
All waves move energy, not matter. All waves are created by vibrations. Mechanical waves are caused by vibrating matter such as vocal chords or a drum. EM waves are created by vibrating electrons in atoms that propogate through the electric and magnetic fields that exist everywhere in the universe. All waves can reflect, refract. and diffract. This is where the similarities end. Both types of waves interact with matter and experience a change in velocity but do not interact with each other. Mechanical waves require matter as a medium through which to travel, they don't travel through a vacum. EM waves travel best through a vacum and lose energy as they move into more dense matter. All waves refract when they change velocity as they move from one medium into another, like air into water. Remember, there are some similarities amongst all types of waves, EM, mechanical, surface, and siesmic, but their behaviors are quite varied and complex.
Can you smell EM waves?
Electromagnetic waves have no odor.
Which seismic wave travels the slowest?
Surface waves, Secondary waves, Primary waves :) I had this as a science question in school a few weeks ago... hope this helps :) Oh whoops i didnt log in so i did it again.... :) :) :) :) :) :) :)
The EM waves Why change velocity in different mediums?
For the same reason anything else changes velocity in a different medium, I would say. A change of electromagnetic impedance in this case
What does the e stand for in EM waves?
EM waves stand for Electromagnetic waves.
What is the energy transferred as em waves?
EM waves or electromagnetic waves is radiant energy.
Which seismic waves travel the fastest?
Primary (P) waves are the fastest. Followed by secondary (S) waves, then surface waves. P waves
Which region of the em spectrum will travel with the fastest speed?
all electromagnetic waves travel at the same speed 3e8 m/s in a vacuum
What does E in EM wave stand for?
EM waves stand for Electromagnetic waves.
Are em waves longitudinal are transverse?
EM waves are both Transverse and Longitudinal.
Are surface waves the fastest seismic waves?
No, they are in fact the slowest! The fastest seismic waves are P-waves.
What earthquakes waves are the fastest?
P or Primary waves are the fastest earthquake or seismic waves.
Compared to the velocity of radio waves the velocity of visible light waves is?
The same.
What is the speed of radio and mocro waves?
Both being em wave they have the same velocity. And its value in vacuum is nearly 3 x 108 m/s
