Faraday Cage Shielding

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• Subject: Faraday Cage Shielding
• From: Tesla List <tesla-at-stic-dot-net>
• Date: Wed, 24 Jun 1998 00:01:26 -0500
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From:  Larry Bud Melman [SMTP:gasman-at-althea.a-line-dot-net]
Sent:  Monday, June 22, 1998 5:54 PM
To:  Tesla List
Subject:  Re: Faraday Cage Shielding

> From:  Michael Baumann [SMTP:baumann-at-proton.llumc.edu]
> Sent:  Sunday, June 21, 1998 4:23 PM
> To:  Tesla List
> Subject:  Re: Faraday Cage Shielding
> 
> On Sat, 20 Jun 1998, Tesla List wrote:
> > 
> >  Real screen rooms use special screening that is like hardware cloth (the
> > non woven kind) that is spot welded at each intersection. Reinforcing mesh
> > might also work.  The other problem is that steel isn't a particularly good
> > conductor, and the lower the conductivity, the worse it is for shielding.
> > 
> You can solve this, if you are willing to spend the $$$ by using aluminum
> screeing to build the cage.  [kind of like the hardware cloth]

	I think I just heard here that aluminum was undesirable (for tesla use, 
that is) because it doesn't conduct RF energy well...is that true??

	Cheers, and happy tesla-ing.

						Clay Wilson

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