Gauss's Law, Radio in a Cage

From UO Physics Demonstration Catalog

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Description:

Demonstrates Gauss's Law. Slowly lower a small radio playing an AM Radio station into the Faraday Cage and it will become silent. If in a room that am radio signals are not present, generate radio frequency noise with a distant Van de Graaff or the Plasma Sphere.

Location:

  • Cage: Shelf I-4
  • Transistor radio: Shelf K-4