Barabad, Aubrei Arizza R.

2021-02386-MN-0
1. By measuring the electric and magnetic fields at a point in space where there
is an electromagnetic wave, can you determine the direction from which the
wave came? Explain.
Yes, the electric force acting on the conductor's unit charge is referred to as
an electric field. EB can be used to determine the electromagnetic wave's
direction. The magnetic and electric fields are perpendicular to one another.
The electromagnetic waves' right-hand rule can be used to determine their
direction and propagation because they are transverse in nature.
2. The light beam from a searchlight may have an electric-field magnitude of
1000 V/m corresponding to a potential difference of 1500 V between the head
and feet of a 1.5-m-tall person on whom the light shines. Does this cause the
person to feel a strong electric shock? Why or why not?
No, there won't be any electric shocks for the subject. The electric field has
a 1000 V/m magnitude. This does not imply that there is a 1000 V potential
difference between two places that are separated by a meter. The ratio of
1000 V/m is actually produced by a very small electric field that is present
and varies over a very small distance. Even the smallest secondary ray
contains numerous extremely high frequency waves, causing the net electric
field to vanish in a little period of time.
3. A sinusoidal electromagnetic wave is propagating in vacuum in the +z-
direction. If at a particular instant and at a certain point in space the electric field
is in the +x-direction and has magnitude what are the magnitude and direction of
the magnetic field of the wave at this same point in space and instant in time?
Given
Magnitude of electric field (E) = 4 V/m
Speed of electromagnetic waves (c) = 3 × 108 m/s
Solution
B = E/c = 4 V/m3 / 108 m/s= 1.33 × 10−8 T or 13.3 nT
4. Consider electromagnetic waves propagating in air. (a) Determine the
frequency of a wave with a wavelength of (i) 5.0 km, (ii) 5.0 μm, (iii) 5.0 nm. (b)
What is the wavelength (in meters and nanometers) of (i) gamma rays of
frequency 6.50 x 1021 Hz, and (ii) an AM station radio wave of frequency 590
kHz?

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Since gamma rays have a shorter wavelength than AM radio waves, the opposite
is true. As opposed to FM radio waves, which have frequencies from 8.8 x 107
Hz to 1.08 x 108 Hz, AM radio waves broadcast between 5.4 and 1.6 x 105 Hz.
5. In the 25-ft Space Simulator facility at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a
bank of overhead arc lamps can produce light of intensity 2500 W/m2 at the
floor of the facility. (This simulates the intensity of sunlight near the planet
Venus.) Find the average radiation pressure (in pascals and in atmospheres) on
(a) a totally absorbing section of the floor and (b) a totally reflecting section of
the floor. (c) Find the average momentum density (momentum per unit volume)
in the light at the floor.

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6. A sinusoidal electromagnetic wave from a radio station passes perpendicularly
through an open window that has area 0.500 m2. At the window, the electric
field of the wave has rms value 0.0200 V/m. How much energy does this wave
carry through the window during a 30.0-s commercial?

7. An electromagnetic standing wave in air of frequency 750 MHz is set up

between two conducting planes 80.0 cm apart. At which positions between the
planes could a point charge be placed at rest so that it would remain at rest?
Explain.

A standing wave's node point is the location where the wave's amplitude is zero
or minimal. When the amplitude is lower, the charge is at rest.
8. The 19th-century inventor Nikola Tesla proposed to transmit electric power
via sinusoidal electromagnetic waves. Suppose power is to be transmitted in a
beam of cross-sectional area 100 m2 . What electric- and magnetic-field
amplitudes are required to transmit an amount of power comparable to that
handled by modern transmission lines (that carry voltages and currents of the
order of 500 kV and 1000 A)?

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9. Does an electromagnetic standing wave have energy? Does it have momentum?

Are your answers to these questions the same as for a traveling wave? Why or
why not?
Despite having energy in its electric and magnetic fields, a standing wave does
not traverse through space like a traveling wave does. Similar to traveling waves,
the electric and magnetic fields in a stationary wave contain momentum but do
not flow with momentum. As is well known, the standing wave's poynting
vector's strength or time average is 0 at all points.
10. When driving on the upper level of the San Juanico Bridge, westbound from
Tacloban City, Leyte to Santa Rita, Samar, you can easily pick up several radio
stations on your car radio. But when driving eastbound on the lower level of the
bridge, which has steel girders on either side to support the upper level, the radio
reception is much worse. Why is there a difference?
Electromagnetic waves' electric field components cause the free charges inside
steel girders to shift when they are incident on them. A result of this is a loss of
energy in electromagnetic waves. Radio signals are carried by electromagnetic
waves, thus when they are received, they are of poor quality.

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