J3-23 FARADAY CAGE - RADIOWAVES

ID Code: J3-23
Purpose: Demonstrates that radio waves cannot penetrate a Faraday cage
Description: The radio is tuned to a good station so that everyone can hear. Lowering the screen Faraday cage over the radio stops the radio waves, and the sound of the radio ceases.
Availability: Available

See the Physics Question of the Week for 1/5/2015 for an example of how this demonstration can be used in class interaction and discussion: lecdem.physics.umd.edu/question-of-the-week-archive.html