ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
 Produced by a charge that changes its
direction and speed.
 Electrons are charged particles that can
produce electric and magnetic fields.
 Travels at 3x108 m/s or 300,000,000 m/s.

 Speed of Electromagnetic wave is equal to

speed of light.

Properties of EM

1. They are produced by accelerated or

oscillating charge.
2. They do not require any material or
medium for propagation.
3. They travel in in free space at the speed of
3x108 m/s.

Electromagnetic Waves Theory

JAMES CLERK MAXWELL

 Developed a scientific theory
 Assumed that light was an
electromagnetic wave
 Noticed that electrical fields and magnetic
fields can couple together to form
electromagnetic waves.
 Discovered that a changing magnetic field
will induce a changing electric field and
vice versa.
