An engineer at the company you are working for has just reported finding an unusual electromagnetic wave.....?

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An engineer at the company you are working for has just reported finding an unusual electromagnetic wave.....?

This wave consists only of an electric field, with no magnetic field accompanying it. You are certain that the engineer is mistaken because????

2007-03-05 12:09:03 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics

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He's mistaken because magnetic fields always accompany electric fields. Electromagnetism is the field of science that unites the two, and the field lines produced by the electric field also are magnetic field lines (movement of charges or electrons cause magnetic fields).

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2007-03-05 12:31:26 · answer #1 · answered by Science Guy41 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋

You can not have one with out the other. The engineer is a moron and should never have graduated

2007-03-05 20:42:47 · answer #2 · answered by John 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋