Thursday, February 26, 2009

EM Waves

Type of Wave:  Transverse wave

Wave speed:  fastest in a vacuum (empty space)->gases->liquids->solids (because molecules slows down the light wave)

Speed of light is 3 x 10^8 m/s

e-m spectrum:  (least energy)radio-microwave-IR-visible-UV-x rays-gamma (most energy)

our eyes assume that light comes directly from an object in a straight line


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