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Is electrical energy in the form of EM waves? If so, how does it do work on a device?
 
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user111_23 said:
where is the E-field when I move a magnet up and down next to an inductor?

A changing magnetic field produces an electric field, according to one of Maxwell's equations.
 
Just curious: are my questions too confusing? If they are, I can simplify them.
 
Maybe pick just the single most important question and avoid the rapid-fire barrage. Many people on this forum could answer anyone of those questions, but all of them together is just tiring.
 
DaleSpam said:
Maybe pick just the single most important question and avoid the rapid-fire barrage. Many people on this forum could answer anyone of those questions, but all of them together is just tiring.

Usually I try to cram many different questions into a single topic. I guess that's a bad idea. :-p
 
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Is electrical energy in the form of EM waves? If so, how does it do work on a device?

Electromagnetic waves do contain and propagate energy. However, their main purpose in an electrical circuit is to simply propagate a signal. Most circuit devices work via the use of charges. The electromagnetic wave moves the charges throughout the transmission lines (wires) of a circuit. When these waves meet a device, the charges, currents, and voltages that the wave sets up at the devices is what makes the device work. For example, with a transistor, the electromagnetic wave will create voltages across the gate and drain of the transistor (MOSFET in this case) with respect to the source. These voltages will create fields within the MOSFET and cause the movement of charges creating currents.

I am not sure if you want to quantify the electrical energy of a circuit as being in the form of electromagnetic waves. The waves are energy and they propagate the energy, but what is more relevant is how you measure and interact with the energy as the amount of energy your circuit can get out of these waves can vary.
 
user111_23 said:
Just curious: are my questions too confusing? If they are, I can simplify them.

What's confusing is to change your question in mid-thread by erasing the old one and posting the new one. Now nobody can tell what were the questions that went with the answers.