So, I'm stupid, and can't find an unambiguous description anywhere.
What the fuck is it?
Is it energy, is it waves, is it particles? From all my searching, I now know all the properties of electromagnetism, but I still don't know what the fuck it is!
Halp.
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FrozenVoid2007-03-01 12:00 ID:PHjgmS+O
wikipedia.
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Anonymous2007-03-01 12:04 ID:eWag/ucr
Well, Wikipedia states that it's a wave with electric and magnetic components.
What the fuck does that mean? What is the "wave"? Why is it made up of this shit?
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Anonymous2007-03-01 12:08 ID:FykRELY2
Some particles have a nonzero electric charge. These particles interact in certain ways using photons (which sometimes act like waves and sometimes like particles) causing acceleration depending on the charges.
Then there's special relativity which means that the interaction is affected by relative motion (giving magnetism).
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FrozenVoid2007-03-01 12:09 ID:PHjgmS+O
Electromagnetic field
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The electromagnetic field is a physical field that is produced by electrically charged objects and which affects the behaviour of charged objects in the vicinity of the field. The electromagnetic field extends indefinitely throughout space and describes the electromagnetic interaction, one of the four fundamental forces of nature. The field can be viewed as the combination of an electric field and a magnetic field. The electric field is produced by stationary charges, and the magnetic field by moving charges (currents); these two are often described as the sources of the field. The way in which charges and currents interact with the electromagnetic field is described by Maxwell's equations and the Lorentz Force Law.
From a classical point of view, the electromagnetic field can be regarded as a smooth, continuous field, propagated in a wavelike manner, whereas from a quantum mechanical point of view, the field can be viewed as being composed of photons.
well its basicly electric wire waped round a metal rod and when electricity goes threw wire the metal rod becomes a magnet but fink wat we could do with such basic but yet powerfull device!!!
we could make a ray gun like metel gear ray and fire bullets at a unpressidating speeds faster then ur basic machine gun based gunpowder bullets lmao u wouldnt wana be shot with 1