Radio, microwaves, UV, visible light and gamma rays have completely different effects, but they’re all exactly the same kind of thing: electromagnetic radiation (EMR). Radio waves have got the lowest energy on the electromagnetic spectrum.

In electromagnetic waves, energy is transferred through vibrations of electric and magnetic fields. In sound waves, energy is transferred through vibration of air particles or particles of a solid through which the sound travels.

Properties of Electromagnetic Radiation These magnetic and electric waves travel perpendicular to each other and have some characteristics like wavelength, amplitude, and frequency. Some basic properties of Electromagnetic Radiation are given in the points mentioned below. They can travel through empty space.

Radio waves, television waves, and microwaves are all types of electromagnetic waves. They only differ from each other in wavelength. Waves in the electromagnetic spectrum vary in size from very long radio waves the size of buildings, to very short gamma-rays smaller than the size of the nucleus of an atom.

All electromagnetic waves have two wavefronts, which are an oscillating electric field and an oscillating magnetic field.

Visible light is the light that we can see, and thus is the only light detectable by the human eye. White light is visible light, and it contains all the colors of the rainbow, from red to violet. The range of visible wavelengths is 400 to 700 nanometers.

To understand wave-particle duality it’s worth looking at differences between particles and waves. The wave carries with it energy related to its motion. Unlike the particle the energy is distributed over space because the wave is spread out.