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Key Equations

Displacement current Id=ε0dΦEdt
Gauss’s law ∮E→·dA→=Qinε0
Gauss’s law for magnetism ∮B→·dA→=0
Faraday’s law ∮E→·dl→=−dΦmdt
Ampère-Maxwell law ∮B→·dl→=μ0I+ε0μ0dΦEdt
Wave equation for plane EM wave ∂2Ey∂x2=ε0μ0∂2Ey∂t2
Speed of EM waves c=1ε0μ0
Ratio of E field to B field in electromagnetic wave c=EB
Energy flux (Poynting) vector S→=1μ0E→×B→
Average intensity of an electromagnetic wave I=Savg=cε0E022=cB022μ0=E0B02μ0
Radiation pressure p={I/cPerfect absorber2I/cPerfect reflector
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