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Name: ______________________________________ Group No.

: ___________________
Date: ______________________________________ Year & Section: _______________

SEATWORK No.:_____
Nature of Electromagnetic Wave
Objectives: 1. To describe how EM waves are produced and transmitted; and
2. Explain how these waves are considered to comprised of both electric and magnetic
fields.

How are electromagnetic waves produced?


About 150 years ago, James Clerk Maxwell (1876), an English scientist who
developed a scientific theory to better explain electromagnetic waves. He noticed that
electrical fields and magnetic fields can couple together to form electromagnetic
waves. He theorized that this mutual generation and propagation of electric field and
magnetic field can be conceived as a form of moving energy carried by what he called
as electromagnetic wave. He calculated the speed of the wave based on Faraday’s theoretical
assumptions and experiments and concluded that the speed is 3.0 x 10 8 m/s and denoted as C– the
same as the speed of light! He therefore proposed that light is a form of electromagnetic wave.
Unfortunately, at that time, no experiment was done to verify his accounts. But after Faraday’s
death, Heinrich Hertz
designed an experimental set-up that enabled him to generate and detect electromagnetic waves.
Electromagnetic waves are produced by a vibrating (accelerating/oscillating) charge.
Electrons are charged particles that can produce electric and magnetic fields. But to create the
vibrating electric and magnetic fields that are the
characteristics of an electromagnetic wave, electrons must move. A charged particle, such as an
electron, moves back and forth, or vibrate. When the charge is moved (moving at changing speed
and direction), the electric field around it is changed. A changing electric field produces a magnetic
field and in the same manner, a changing magnetic field produces an electric field.
Other Proponents on the Formulation of EM Wave Theory
Hans Christian Oersted, a Danish physicist and chemist who
discovered that the electric current in a wire can deflect a
magnetized compass needle. Showed how a current-carrying wire
behaves like a magnet.
He states that “A changing electric field produces a magnetic field”
Michael Faraday (1791-1867) is probably best known for his
discovery of electromagnetic induction. Electromagnetic
technology began with Faraday's discovery of induction in 1831. His
demonstration that a changing magnetic field induces an electric
current in a nearby circuit showed that mechanical energy can be
converted to electric energy.
Heinrich Hertz, a German physicist who applied Maxwell’s theories to the production
and reception of radio waves. Hertz showed in his experiments that these signals
possessed all the properties of electromagnetic waves. Showed experimental evidence
of electromagnetic waves and their link to light

André-Marie Ampère made the revolutionary discovery that a wire


carrying electric current can attract or repel another wire next to it that’s
also carrying electric current. The attraction is magnetic, but no magnets
are necessary for the effect to be seen. He went on to formulate
Ampere’s Law of Electromagnetism and produced the best definition of
electric current during his time.

Electric Field vs Magnetic Field


An electric field (sometimes E-field) is the physical field that surrounds electrically charged
particles and exerts force on all other charged particles in the field, either attracting or repelling
them. Electric field lines are an excellent way of visualizing electric fields. They were first
introduced by Michael Faraday himself.
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Magnetic Field is the region around a magnetic material or a moving electric charge or
changing electric field, in which magnetic forces are observable.

(Outward Electric Field) (Inward Electric Field) N-pole (Magnetic Field Lines are
outward)
Draw the arrow of each line S-pole (Magnetic Field Lines are inward)

An electromagnetic wave is made up of an electric field and a magnetic field positioned at


right angles to each other and to the direction of motion of the wave (see Figure 1.1). Since
these fields are located at the right angles to the direction of motion of the wave, electromagnetic
waves are considered as transverse waves. This means that both electric and magnetic fields
oscillate perpendicular to each other and to the direction of the propagating wave.

Exercise:
A.

B.
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C.
1. Electromagnetic waves or EM waves are waves that are created because of vibrations between
an___________ field
and a _________________ field

2. Electromagnetic waves or EM waves are waves that __________________ (require, do not need) a
medium to travel

3. Electromagnetic waves or EM waves are _____________________


waves.

4. Electromagnetic waves travel in a vacuum at a speed of ________________ m/s (3 x 107 , 3 x 108 )


which
is______(= , >) to the speed of light.
5. To create a changing electric field and magnetic field, electrons must __________ (be static , be
moving)
6. Electromagnetic waves are produced by a _______________(accelerating, static) charge.
7. An electromagnetic wave is made up of an electric field and a magnetic field which are
_____________ (parallel, perpendicular) to each other and ________________ (the same, opposite) to the
direction of the propagating wave.
8. A moving electrons creates a __________________ (constant, changing) electric field.
9. A __________ (constant, changing) electric field produces a/an ___________________ (electric field,
magnetic field)
10. A __________ (constant, changing) magnetic field produces a/an _________________ (electric field,
magnetic field)

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