In article <bg5e0r$9n7$(E-Mail Removed)>,
"MNQ" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>Hello All,
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>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.
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>Thanks
>
>MNQ
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I've been told it's longitudinal but there's probably a bit of spiral
motion from its magnetic field.
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