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Waves
,Waves
It is a disturbance in propagation that
• Transports energy and momentum
• Does not involve the bulk
movement of matter
, Waves
Based on the necessity of
Heading
medium1
Mechanical
Heading 1 NonHeading
- Mechanical
1
• Requires a material • Does not necessarily
medium to require a material
propagate through. medium for
propagation.
• Elasticity and inertia
of the medium are • All kinds of
key parameters electromagnetic
waves - Light waves,
• Some examples are
radio waves, X-rays,
- sound waves,
etc.
water ripples,
seismic waves • They can travel as fast
as 3 × 108 𝑚/𝑠.
, Classification of Waves
Based on the direction of motion
Heading
of particles of the1 medium
Transverse
Heading 1 Longitudinal
Heading 1
NOTES
Waves
,Waves
It is a disturbance in propagation that
• Transports energy and momentum
• Does not involve the bulk
movement of matter
, Waves
Based on the necessity of
Heading
medium1
Mechanical
Heading 1 NonHeading
- Mechanical
1
• Requires a material • Does not necessarily
medium to require a material
propagate through. medium for
propagation.
• Elasticity and inertia
of the medium are • All kinds of
key parameters electromagnetic
waves - Light waves,
• Some examples are
radio waves, X-rays,
- sound waves,
etc.
water ripples,
seismic waves • They can travel as fast
as 3 × 108 𝑚/𝑠.
, Classification of Waves
Based on the direction of motion
Heading
of particles of the1 medium
Transverse
Heading 1 Longitudinal
Heading 1
