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ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE

Hans Christian Oersted


•In 1820, Danish physicist, Hans
Christian Oersted discovered
accidentally that magnetic needle
deflects when there is a current-
carrying wire in a nearby. This
phenomenon established the
relationship between electricity and
magnetism.
Andrei Marie Ampere
• Inspired by Oersted’s discovery, Andre-Marie
Ampere, performed a series of experiments
designed to explain the exact nature of the
relationship between the flow of electric current
and magnetism, as well as the relationships that
govern the behavior of electric currents in
different types of conductors.
Michael Faraday
• Michael Faraday made his first discovery of
electromagnetism in 1821. He took the work of Oersted
and Ampere on the magnetic properties of electrical
currents as a starting point and in 1831 achieved an
electrical current from a changing magnetic field, a
phenomenon known as electromagnetic induction. He
found that when an electrical current passed through a
coil, another very short current was generated in a
nearby coil.
Joseph Henry
• Joseph Henry made important design improvements
by insulating the wire instead of the iron core while
working with electromagnets in 1829. He was able to
wrap a large number of turns of wire around the core
and thus greatly increase the power of the magnet.
He had made an electromagnet that could support 2
063 pounds, a world record at the time. He also
searched for electromagnetic induction and in 1831,
he started to build a large electromagnet for that
purpose.
James Clerk Maxwell
• A brilliant physicist and mathematician, James Clerk Maxwell,
proposed Faraday’s electromagnetic induction to happen
even in empty space. The symmetry between the fields
fascinated him so much. He added two basic principles of
electromagnetism: (1) a changing electric field in space
produces a magnetic field, (2) a changing magnetic field in
space produces electric field. Maxwell proposed that the
alteration of electric and magnetic fields, generating and
propelling each other in space, can be thought of as a form
of moving energy. Maxwell further thought of this form of
energy as a wave which he called e l e c t r om a g n e t i c w a
v e . Using mathematical computations based on his
theoretical assumption and the numerical results of
Faraday’s experiments, Maxwell concluded that the speed of
electromagnetic waves must be 3 x 108 m/s.
•It was only after the death of
Maxwell when a German physicist,
Heinrich Hertz, designed an
experimental set up that was
electrical in nature and able to
generate and detect
electromagnetic waves.
Match the scientists with their contributions in the
development of the electromagnetic theory.
• Learning Task 1: Match the scientists with their contributions in the development of
the electromagnetic theory.
• 1. Andre-Marie Ampere a. Contributed in developing equations that
showed the relationship of electricity and
magnetism.
• 2. Michael Faraday b. Showed experimental evidence of
electromagnetic waves and their link to light
• 3. Heinrich Hertz c. Demonstrated the magnetic effect based
on the direction of current.
• 4. James Clerk Maxwell d. Formulated the principle behind
electromagnetic induction.
• 5. Hans Christian Oersted e. Showed how a current carrying wire behaves
like a magnet.
Answer

1. C
2. D
3. B
4. A
5. E

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