A blog aimed at Year 8 - 9 students to help them understand one of the most fundamental concepts of science. Two big ideas; electricity and magnetism have been unified to create 'electromagnetism'. NOTE: when reading this blog, begin at the "what is electricity?" post.
Monday, August 2, 2010
Electromagnetic Spectrum
The electromagnetic spectrum is the range of all possible frequencies of electromagnetic radiation.
The "electromagnetic spectrum" of an object is the distribution of electromagnetic radiation emitted or absorbed by that particular object.
Basically, it is the entire frequency range of electromagnetic waves.
Sunday, August 1, 2010
Maxwell's Equations
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