What waves in a light wave?
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Date created: Thu, Apr 1, 2021 3:51 PM
Date updated: Sat, Jul 30, 2022 8:40 AM
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Electromagnetic waves, including visible light, are made up of oscillating electric and magnetic fields as shown. The wavelength of a wave is the distance between successive peaks or troughs of a wave. ... Light as a Wave.
| Wavelength λ | Type of Electromagnetic Radiation |
|---|---|
| smaller than .01 nm | Gamma rays |
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Light wave being visible is not a mechanical wave. It means that it does not need a material medium to be propagated. Even through vacuum it can traverse. Whereas sound waves are mechanical waves. So without a material medium no propagation is possible. So sound cannot pass through vacuum. Being a non mechanical wave light wave is an electro magnetic wave. It is transverse in nature.
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