In this video, the puck sits on a room-temperature aluminum ramp. warmed by the ramp, the dry ice sublimates off the bottom of the puck and forms a thin layer of co2 gas that levitates the puck, allowing it to slide down the ramp with very low friction. this process also creates a cool and mysterious smoky appearance of the puck, perhaps contributing to einstein's excitement.

what type of charge does it have? negative

electromagnetic shielding is the practice of reducing the electromagnetic field in a space by blocking the field with barriers made of conductive or magnetic materials. shielding is typically applied to enclosures to isolate electrical devices from their surroundings, and to cables to isolate wires from the environment through which the cable runs. electromagnetic shielding that blocks radio frequency electromagnetic radiation is also known as rf shielding.

the shielding can reduce the coupling of radio waves, electromagnetic fields and electrostatic fields. a conductive enclosure used to block electrostatic fields is also known as a faraday cage. the amount of reduction depends very much upon the material used, its thickness, the size of the shielded volume and the frequency of the fields of interest and the size, shape and orientation of apertures in a shield to an incident electromagnetic

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