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This really depends on the X-ray machine, a powerful x-ray source might easily penetrate a small appliance. A faraday cage/bag does not protect x-ray since it
by habi 5y ago
This really depends on the X-ray machine, a powerful x-ray source might easily penetrate a small appliance.
A faraday cage/bag does not protect x-ray since it ‘only’ blocks electromagnetic fields.
So I guess in the case you mention it’s more hiding in the insulation/empty space of an appliance.
- BenjiWiebe 5y agoX-rays _are_ electromagnetic radiation.
- duskwuff 5y agoTechnically speaking, yes. But they're way off on the other side of the EM spectrum, giving them dramatically different properties. You can shield against radio with a shell of any conductive material -- even a wire mesh for longer wavelengths -- but X-rays are only absorbed by high-atomic-weight atoms, like lead.
- habi 5y agoOf course the are, but - if I'm correct - they don't produce an electromagnetic field. And are not shielded by a bit of mesh wire (I work with desktop microCT machines...).
- refurb 5y agoX-rays are the exact same thing as any other electromagnetic radiation, just at a different frequency. Generally a mesh can block an EMR signal if the holes are < 1/2 wavelength in size. X-rays have nanometer wavelengths so the mesh wouldn’t even be visible to the naked eye.