THE ELECTRIC

AND
MAGNETIC
FIELDS
TOGETHER
THE ELECTRIC AND MAGNETIC
FIELDS TOGETHER
Acceleratingelectrons
produce electromagnetic
fields
Electromagnetic waves are
a combination of electric
and magnetic fields.
THE ELECTRIC AND MAGNETIC
FIELDS TOGETHER
A changing magnetic field
produces an electric field and a
changing electric field produces
a magnetic field
 Both the electric field and
magnetic field oscillate
perpendicular to each other
resulting to an electromagnetic
wave
THE ELECTRIC AND MAGNETIC
FIELDS TOGETHER
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
All electromagnetic wave
can travel through a medium
and they can also travel in
vacuum
They travel in vacuum at a
speed of 3 x 108 m/s and
denoted as c, the speed of
light
 v= λf
In electromagnetic
waves,
c= λf
c- speed of light (m/s)
λ- wavelength (m)
f- frequency (Hz)
Sample Problems:
1. What is the frequency of
radio waves with a
wavelength of 20 m?
Given: v=c= 3 x 108 m/s
λ = 20 m
f=?
Solution:
f =c/λ
3 x 108 m/s
=
20 m
f = 1.5 x 10 Hz
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2. What is the wavelength
of light waves with
frequency 6 x 1014 Hz?
Given: v=c= 3 x 108 m/s
f = 6 x 1014 Hz
λ=?
Solution:
λ =c/f
=
3 x 108 m/s
6 x 1014 Hz
λ = 5 x 10 m
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Drills and Exercises:
1. f = 3 x 109 Hz, λ = ?
2. λ= 2 x 10-8 m, f =?
3. f = 1.25 x 1014 Hz, λ = ?
4. λ= 6.5 x 10-3 m, f =?
5. f = 1.4 x 1019 Hz, λ = ?
6. λ= 3.8 x 10-11 m, f =?
Seatwork: ½ CW
1. λ= 450 m, f =?
2. f = 9 x 10 Hz, λ = ?
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3. λ= 8.75 x 10-7 m, f =?
4. f = 3.6 x 1015 Hz, λ = ?
5. λ= 2.9 x 10 m, f =?
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