Properties of the Electromagnetic Wave

A few properties of electromagnetic waves are:

• Electromagnetic waves are propagated by oscillating electric and magnetic waves at right angles to each other.
• They exhibit the properties of interference and diffraction.
• They travel at a speed of 3 × 10⁸m/s in a vacuum.
• They are transverse waves.
• The relationship between the wavelength (λ) and frequency (c) of an electromagnetic wave is given as follows:

c = v λ