Is light is a electromagnetic wave ?

[yuganes warman]

Electromagentic waves travels at the speed of light that is 3.0 × 10^8. Is the light itself is electromagnetic wave because if the light is a transverse wave which is the electromagnetic wave is transverse too does that makes the light as an electromagnetic wave ?

 

[jedishrfu]

Welcome to PF!

Yes, light is an electromagnetic wave. This was Maxwell's great finding when he developed the Theory of Electromagnetism.

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

 

[yuganes warman]

thanks ! does electromagnetic waves caries elctrons as well ?

 

[jedishrfu]

Electromagnetic waves carry no electrons. They are sometimes represented as photons traveling in space.

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

The electromagnetic wave may be produced by an oscillating electron but the electron doesn't travel with the wave it creates.

 

[yuganes warman]

Thanks