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Birthday: 8/21/2008
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Created By: Demolab
Order Count: 11
P200

Electric Fields and Potential
5B20.17 - Flux Surface Windsock Model
5B20.35 - Radio in a Cage
5B20.u1 - Water Spray Flux Model
5B20.u2 - Optical Flux Model
5B20.U3 - Charged Soap Bubbles

5B20.35 - Radio in a Cage

Objective: A radio in a wire cage will not be able to receive RF electromagnetic waves. The instructor turns the radio on and off by adding and removing the cage.

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Anaylsis Information
Analysis
Electrons are able to move freely in conductors, so a conducting shell around an object will sheild anything inside the shell from external electric fields, including radio waves.
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