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Why Electromagnetic Waves?
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Radiation has an Electric Field Component
and a Magnetic Field Component
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Electric Field is Perpendicular to Magnetic
Field
Radiation has an Electric Field Component and a Magnetic Field Component
1. What kind of wave is it?:
Wavelength or distance between the peaks of the waves.
2. How big is it?: Amplitude or distance between peaks and valley.
When more radiation is emitted, the amplitude increases.