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An electromagnetic field is not typically produced around a rotating object unless it has free electrons that can oscillate. The rotational speed of physical objects is limited and much slower than the speed of electrons, which complicates the generation of an EM field. Without free electrons, the rotation alone is unlikely to create any electromagnetic effects. The discussion also references practical applications like microwave ovens and radar, which utilize electromagnetic principles. Overall, the relationship between rotation and electromagnetic fields remains uncertain and requires further exploration.
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I'd be thankfull to know if an electromegnetic field is produced around a rotating object(extreamly fast rotations like electrons.)

It's urgent thankyou,
 
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I believe that electromagnetic field is produced around oscillating object. Rotating? I guess not.
 
mubashirmansoor said:
I'd be thankfull to know if an electromegnetic field is produced around a rotating object(extreamly fast rotations like electrons.)

It's urgent thankyou,

Hmmm... I'm no expert on the subject, but my thoughts are this:

a) You can only rotate a physical object so fast before it will break apart, and that rotational speed, regardless of materials/methods used, is far less than the speed of electrons whirling around an atom.

b) If the object has no "free-electrons" I doubt that rotation of the object would create any EM field.

c) If the object does have free electrons, I'm not sure that objects rotation would cause any oscillation of the free electrons necessary to generate an EM field.

Again, I do not know for certain.
 
mubashirmansoor said:
I'd be thankfull to know if an electromegnetic field is produced around a rotating object(extreamly fast rotations like electrons.)

It's urgent thankyou,
That's how microwave ovens and radar work, mate.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetron

(EDIT -- I seem to remember that the mixer oscillator for HP spectrum analyzer oscillators designed in Santa Rosa, CA in the 1980s used the precession of a small metallic sphere somehow, but I'm not able to get any google hits on that at the moment...)
 
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It may be shown from the equations of electromagnetism, by James Clerk Maxwell in the 1860’s, that the speed of light in the vacuum of free space is related to electric permittivity (ϵ) and magnetic permeability (μ) by the equation: c=1/√( μ ϵ ) . This value is a constant for the vacuum of free space and is independent of the motion of the observer. It was this fact, in part, that led Albert Einstein to Special Relativity.
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