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Mark, NM5K wrote:
"I refuse to admit it, if I can`t prove it." A shield is extra work, weight, and cost but despite that, many are in use. As electrons move along a conductor a magnetic field expands from some depth inside the conductor itself. The magnetic lines of force sweep outward from the conductor while inducing an emf in the conductor itself. The self induced emf opposes instantaneous change of current in the inductance of the conductor. This is the basis of Lenz`s law: "In all cases of electromagnetic induction, induced electromotive force and resultant current are in such a direction as to oppose the effect producing them." Skin effect prevents penetration of RF very deep into a good conductor. Skin effect makes RF coil shields impenetrable. Electric hields are shorted to ground by the conductive shield. Magnetic fields induce counter fields from the currents they induce on the surface of the shield. A Faraday screen breaks the current path on the shield preventing the counter fields from being magneticly induced. Result is a shield that is penetrable by the magnetic field but impenetrable by the electric field. The electric field is still shorted to ground by its conductive path. Faraday screens are used because they work. Best regards, Richard Harrison, KB5WZI |
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