Can electromagnetic and radio waves carry atoms just like they carry signals?

Answer 1

No...

In the strictest interpretation of your question, the answer is quite simply no. An electromagnetic wave does not carry atoms. An electromagnetic wave CAN interact with a massive object (such as an atom), imparting kinetic energy on it and causing it to move (at the expense of lowering the frequency of the wave)

In a more general sense, Electromagnetic waves carry energy... While it is true that energy and matter are fundamentally interchangeable, for the sake of clarity you would NEVER say that an electromagnetic wave is carrying a massive particle.

Answer 2

Electromagnetic waves (including radio waves) are mass-less and travel at the speed of light. Atoms have mass and can never reach the speed of light. Electromagnetic waves interact with the electrons orbiting atoms and molecules and can even ionize atoms by kicking electrons out of their orbits. However, electric current consists of electrons pushed in one end of a wire (circuit) and out the other end. The cloud of free electrons carries the actual current.

Answer 3

i dont think so,

consider this,
you connect a battery to a light bulb, so the light bulb turned on, but really the only thing that traveled was charge, very slowly NOT ATOMS

now radio waves or any type of wave carries energy through the air median, so you can send energy but not charge and defenetly not atoms, I mean how could they,

besides atoms have mass and therefore cannot propagate at the same speed electromagnetic waves can

Answer 4

first, radio waves are electromagnetic waves in radio frequency band.
second, waves don't carry anything. they propagate by making the medium oscillate.
in sea, waves come to shore but water oscillate up and down.

the electromagnetic waves only make the atomic particles "vibrate", does not move them.

but DC current does move particles. in metal, electrons, in dielectrics molecules, in solutions ions

Answer 5

No.