Momentum is defined as 
  
  Where V is the velocity, P is the  momentum, and m is the mass. 
  For the continuum medium, the momentum density is  defined as
  
  Where 
is  the momentum density, 
 is the mass density, V is  the field velocity.
  As we know, the electromagnetic  field momentum density is:
  
  The electromagnetic field energy  density is given as:
  
  Based on the relationship between  mass and energy
  
  Then we can get the mass density of  electromagnetic field as:
  
  Thus the velocity of the electromagnetic  field is given as:
  
  Thus
  
  Then
  
  From the above velocity equation of  electromagnetic field, we find that the value of velocity is always less than  the speed of light c, if and only if when the following two conditions are satisfied:
  
  And 
  The value of electromagnetic field  velocity will become the speed of light c.
  The equation can be rewritten  as following:
  