ELECTROM

AGNETIC
WAVES
Electromagnetic
• Related to both
Waves
electricity
and magnetism.
• Coupled time
varying electric
and magnetic
fields that
propagate
in space.
• Time varying
electric field +
time varying
magnetic field =
• Generated by • The electric field • These both
electrically associated with the vibrating electric
accelerating charge
charged vibrates which
and magnetic fields
give rise to
particle oscilla generates the vibrating
EM waves.
magnetic field.
tes • The regeneration of
electric and • The frequency of
magnetic fields are EM waves= the
same as frequency of the
propagation of oscillating particle.
the wave.

Sources of electromagnetic waves

NATURE OF
ELECTROM
AGNETIC
WAVES
Energy EM = Energy
due to E + Energy due
to B

ENERGY OF
ELECTROMAGNETIC
WAVE
 Properties of Transi Pressu
speed
electromagnetic waves tive re
EM
Waves
Speed
exert
EM of EM
pressur
waves waves
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are are
they
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carry
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 Radio waves • > 0.1m
Roman Men invented very usual xray
guns (radiowaves, microwaves, infrared, Microwaves • 0.1 m - 1mm
visible, uv-rays, xrays, gamma-rays)
Infra-Red • 1mm – 700 nm
Visible light • 700nm – 400 nm
Electromagnetic spectrum
Ultraviolet
G • 400nm- 1nm
a
(WAVELENG X-rays
m • 1nm – 10^-3nm
TH) m
a •
r <10^-3nm
a
 Gamma rays Ultraviolet
Visible light Microwaves
Infra-
Microwaves Ultraviolet radio X-ray
radio Infra-Red
Red Micro
radio X-ray waves
Brief X-ray
Visible light
X-ray
explanation Micro Visible light
Infra-Red

Gamma rays
on
electromag waves Ultraviolet
Infra-Red
netic Ultraviolet

spectrum Infra- radio

radio
Visible light Ultraviolet Gamma rays
Red Visible ligh
  produced by the
accelerated
Standard
RADIO WAVES motion of charges
broadcast radio
in conducting
wires.

Navigation and Cellular

Television
air-traffic control telephony
   Short Detect speed of
MICRO
wavelength radio tennis ball,
WAVES
waves. cricket ball

Used for
Used
Used in military
in Microwave
automobiles purpose,
oven
RADAR system
 Infrared lamps,
INFRA-RED Infrared detector LED
Known as heat waves
WAVES in remote, switches of
electronic devices.

The signal gets

transferred from Used in sensing and Commonly in
remote to TV detection electronig devices
viainfrared waves.
 Vehicle to vehicle
VISIBLE LIGHT Robot sensors
communication

Underwater Displayed on sign

WLANs
commucations boards
 HARMFUL
 produced by special
harmful effects on
UV RAYS lamps and very hot
humans.
bodies.

ozone layer gets depleted

humans will get exposed
used to kill germs in UV rays help in LASER to harmful UV rays
water purifiers. assisted eye surgery. coming from the sun.
  produced by Can easily
X-RAYS bombarding a penetrate
metal target. inside the skin
Most
Used for The X-Rays
important
cancer damage the
diagnostic
treatment living tissue.
tool.
 Produced in the
GAMMA RAYS
nuclear reactions

Help to kill the

Used in the
growth of
treatment of the
unwanted living
cancer.
cells
THAN
K
YOU

BY:
ATCHAYA
SREE K
XII-B