Re: Farady Cage

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Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <dhmccauley-at-spacecatlighting-dot-com>

Magnetic fields will go right through that stuff.  You really need a solid
sheet of mu metal to shield any magnetic fields.
In fact, strong magnetic fields go right through steel, aluminum, etc...

Dan



 > Hi All,
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 > Wouldn't the steel chicken wire serve to knock down the magnetic fields?
I
 > can understand penetration of a copper wall, due to the copper being
 > dimagnetic.  That's why the CIA uses both copper and mu metal walls to
keep
 > bugs out.  I would think that the magnetic field would tend to follow the
 > steel mesh, and not radiate much beyond it.
 >
 > David E Weiss
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