• Question: Are all the rays in an electromagnetic specturm transverse waves?

    Asked by spicky to Daniel on 15 Jun 2015.
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      Daniel Hewson answered on 15 Jun 2015:


      Good question! Yes, they are. Electromagnetic waves consist of two parts – the electric and magnetic fields which always travel transversely to the movement of the particle that generates them. The electric and magnetic fields travel perpendicular to each other.

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