Re: low em wave shield

From: Sam Wormley (swormley1_at_mchsi.com)
Date: 09/03/04


Date: Fri, 03 Sep 2004 06:32:12 GMT


Paul wrote:

>
> Some say, the cage will radiate whatever em wave that's inside the
> cage and block what's outside? Can someone verify?
> Since our world has lot of em waves and humans also radiate em waves,
> does that mean, a human inside a cage will not receive em waves from
> outside and outside world can receive some em waves from the cage?
> Does the cage blocks all frequencies?
> Does the cage have to be grounded?
>
> Thanks

Faraday Cage
   http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/physics/FaradayCage.html

   A conducting cage used to shield electronic equipment. Amazingly,
   the law of electrostatics conspire so that electric fields outside
   are completely canceled out in the interior, as well as vice versa.



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