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Exam 2
cutoffs
A 80
B 70
C 60
D 50
42 +/- 4
72.3 +/- 9
What can I do to
help my grade?
Bonus points
Special WEBQUIZ like last time
·one time only
·30 minute limit
·noon-midnight, this Thursday
·ONLY for those scoring below 70 points on Exam 2
Weighted to close the gap between the dual distribution:
Exam Score Possible gain in points
40
30
50
20
60
10
70
0
This week’s regular WEBQUIZ cancelled!
The electric field in an EM wave
traveling northward oscillates up
and down. In what plane does the
magnetic field oscillate?
1) In the north - south plane.
2) In the up - down plane.
3) In the northeast - southwest plane.
4) In the northwest - southeast plane.
5) In the east - west plane.
Electromagnetic Waves
EM Waves are possible!
What produces a magnetic field?
current
What produces a changing magnetic field?
changing current
Accelerating or oscillating charge  changing current
oscillating charge
oscillating E field
oscillating B field
Direction of
wave motion
Recall:
speed of mechanical waves along an elastic medium
~
T
m
Tension
linear density
E directly pushes charges (connecting distance charges),
conveying the disturbance on one charge to others
B induces back emfs to resist the changing E-fields
v=
E
B
while the mutually induced fields guaranteed EB
Maxwell concluded disturbances in E, B
field lines ripple out at constant speed
1
v=
m 0e 0
In 1849 (Maxwell’s time)
v=
1
m 0e 0
= 311,000,000 m/sec
and Fizeau’s best measurement: c=315,000,000 m/sec
Maxwell: “The velocity of the transverse undulations calculated from
the electromagnetic measurements of MMs. Kohlrausch
and Weber, agrees so exactly with the velocity of light
calculated from the optical experiments of M. Fizeau, that
we can scarcely avoid the inference that light consists in the
transverse undulations of electric & magnetic phenomena.”
The wavelength of microwaves
generated by a microwave oven is
about 3 cm. At what frequency do
these waves cause the water
molecules in your breakfast
burrito to vibrate ?
1) 1 GHz
2) 10 GHz
1 GHz = 109 Hz
3) 100 GHz
Infrared Photography
Infrared photography is used to check
heat insulation of houses in winter. If
you look at an infrared picture of a
house which areas would need better
insulation?
1) the bright areas
2) the dark areas
3) need more information
Some answers to previous slides:
5) In the east - west plane.
In an electromagnetic wave, the E and B fields are perpendicular
to each other and to the direction the wave propagates.
2) 10 GHz
f = v /  = 3  108 m/s / 0.03 m = 1010 Hz = 10 GHz
1) the bright areas