Electromagnetic Waves – Class 12 Physics Notes | Full NCERT Chapter Summary
🌈 Chapter 8: Electromagnetic Waves – Class 12 Physics --- 🔹 Introduction Electromagnetic waves are transverse waves consisting of electric field (E) and magnetic field (B) oscillating perpendicular to each other and the direction of wave propagation. Proposed by James Clerk Maxwell. --- 🔹 Displacement Current Maxwell added the concept of displacement current to Ampere’s law. I_d = \varepsilon_0 \frac{d\Phi_E}{dt} Where: = Displacement current = Permittivity of free space = Rate of change of electric flux 📌 Diagram: Parallel plate capacitor showing conduction and displacement current --- 🔹 Maxwell’s Equations (Conceptually) 1. Gauss’s law for electricity 2. Gauss’s law for magnetism 3. Faraday’s law of induction 4. Ampere-Maxwell law --- 🔹 Nature of Electromagnetic Waves Electric and Magnetic fields oscillate perpendicular to each other and to the direction of propagation. They do not require any medium to travel. Speed of EM Waves (in vacuum): c = \frac{1}{...