Demonstrations: Faraday Cage

Course: 8.02 Electricity and Magnetism, Spring 2002


Instructor: Prof. Walter Lewin

 

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  • Demonstrations: Faraday Cage
    Using a paint can to show that a hollow conductor in an electric field has charge distributed on the outside but no charge on the inside surface. Bringing a radio into a giant Faraday cage to demonstrate electric shielding. Getting inside a charged Faraday cage to show there is no charge on the inside surface.