Faraday cage
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Faraday cage demonstration on volunteers in the Palais de la Découverte in Paris A Faraday cage at the US Bureau of Standards (now NIST) used to protect delicate measuring instruments from electromagnetic fields A computer circuit card inside an antistatic bag, a bag of conductive plastic forming a Faraday cage used to shield sensitive electronics from electrostatic charges
A Faraday cage or Faraday shield is an enclosure used to block some electromagnetic fields. A Faraday shield may be formed by a continuous covering of conductive material, or in the case of a Faraday cage, by a mesh of such materials. Faraday cages are named after the scientist Michael Faraday, who first constructed one in 1836.