Re: Is an electrical pulse through a wire a longitudinal wave or a transverse wave?

Kevin McMurtrie

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07-29-2003, 09:41 AM

In article <bg5e0r$9n7$(E-Mail Removed)>,
"MNQ" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Hello All,
>
>I'm not sure which one is the correct one, when it comes to describing an
>electrical pulse through a wire. Would it flow through the wire as an
>electron wave(longitudinal wave)? My physics teacher at school told me that
>only sound through air is longitudinal and all other waves are transverse
>waves.
>
>Thanks
>
>MNQ
>
>
>
>

I've been told it's longitudinal but there's probably a bit of spiral
motion from its magnetic field.

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