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Faraday's Cage
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This video from MIT demonstrates the effect of a Faraday cage in an electric field. A Benjamin Franklin figure is first shown exposed to the electric field before he is covered with a metal cage and protected from the field.

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https://techtv.mit.edu/videos/8839909cdd1645209757e3e01af939d5/
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Electricity & Magnetism
- Electrostatics
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Mirror: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqvImbn9GG4
Access Rights: Free access
License: This material is released under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 license.
Rights Holder: MIT
Keywords: Faraday cage, electricity, electrostatics
Record Creator: Metadata instance created July 8, 2009 by Raina Khatri
Record Updated: Aug 19, 2020 by Lyle Barbato
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when Cataloged:		 February 24, 2009

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Author: Luis Reyes
Posted: November 18, 2011 at 11:14AM
Source: The PSRC collection

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Author: Bruce, ComPADRE Dir
Posted: Nov 28, 2011 at 12:58PM

Luis, thank you for pointing this out. I'm not sure what wasn't working previously, but the link appears to be working now.

Bruce Mason
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> On Nov 18, 2011, Luis Reyes posted:
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 2008), WWW Document, (https://techtv.mit.edu/videos/8839909cdd1645209757e3e01af939d5/).
AJP/PRST-PER
Faraday's Cage, (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 2008), <https://techtv.mit.edu/videos/8839909cdd1645209757e3e01af939d5/>.
APA Format
Faraday's Cage. (2009, February 24). Retrieved January 25, 2021, from Massachusetts Institute of Technology: https://techtv.mit.edu/videos/8839909cdd1645209757e3e01af939d5/
Chicago Format
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Faraday's Cage. Cambridge: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, February 24, 2009. https://techtv.mit.edu/videos/8839909cdd1645209757e3e01af939d5/ (accessed 25 January 2021).
MLA Format
Faraday's Cage. Cambridge: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008. 24 Feb. 2009. 25 Jan. 2021 <https://techtv.mit.edu/videos/8839909cdd1645209757e3e01af939d5/>.
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