Re: COMPUTER DISKS THRU AIRPORT X-RAY ? ASAP

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From: William Unruh
Date: Mon, 03 Aug 1992 21:59

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flaps@dgp.toronto.edu (Alan J Rosenthal) writes:

>....  For floppies, I
>highly recommend wrapping them in aluminum foil.  If people laugh at you, tell
>them it's a Faraday cage.  It really works.  

AT 60Hz the skin depth of Al  is a lot bigger than the thickness of the
foil.- ie, it does not work that well as magnetic shielding.

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