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Waves are disturbances that propagate through space and time. Classically, they travelled through a medium, disturbing the particles but not changing their mean position. Electromagnetic waves/particle-waves need no medium; they are disturbances in their respective fields.

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Why do low-energy waves produce heat, but high-energy waves do not?

The amount of heat generated by an EM radiation source depends on many factors, including how much of it is absorbed by the material. Of course in the microwave and infrared, absorption is high in li …
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