Do electromagnetic waves carry energy and momentum ?

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Any type of particle or wave that is in motion carries momentum Electromagnetic waves like any other wave carry energy as they travel through empty space. If light didn't carry energy, it wouldn't be able to heat stuff up or generate photo current in photo cells.
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Of course! Any type of particle or wave that is in motion carries momentum; either linear or angular, depending on the motion of the particle or wave. For example, an electron would have angular momentum as it revolves around the nucleus of an atom while a photon would have linear momentum as it travels...
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Of course! Any type of particle or wave that is in motion carries momentum; either linear or angular, depending on the motion of the particle or wave. For example, an electron would have angular momentum as it revolves around the nucleus of an atom while a photon would have linear momentum as it travels from this screen onto your retina. The exact value of the momentum of a wave was given byLouis De Brogliein hisDe Broglie Equationin 1924 which says that: pλ=hpλ=h or λ=hpλ=hp Whereλis the wavelength of the wave,pis the momentum of the wave andhisPlanck’s Constant (h=2π?h=2π?) read less
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Yes any type of wave under motion carries momentum and they also carry energy as they travel through empty space.
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Of course! Any type of particle or wave that is in motion carries momentum Electromagnetic waves like any other wave carry energy as they travel through empty space. If light didn't carry energy, it wouldn't be able to heat stuff up or generate photo current in photo cells.
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