
Originally Posted by
vincecate
What do you think are the clearest/simplest/best experiments to show that electrons are not the medium for electromagnetic waves?
Light doesn't bend in an electrical field, light doesn't bend in a magnetic field.
Electrons are accelerated in an electrical field and moving electrons also experience a force in a magnetic field causing them to change their movement.
I did that experiment as part of high school physics.
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