the demon core for neutron source is funny
this post was submitted on 23 Oct 2025
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This is the best one in quite a while imo.
Lead/Water type has pretty good defensive coverage but sound and heat might be dominant
Am I wierd for wanting a poster of this?
Not weird at all! It would be a good poster!
Armor would block radio waves?
Yes, a complete set of metal armor would work as Faraday cage
Neutrinos are sorely missing
Why does the faraday cage not have a gray, but a purple? I thought it completely blocks radio.
It depends on the wavelength of the radio waves.
This is visible in microwaves, where the wavelength is about 12cm, but the tiny holes of 1mm are small enough that zero (or super tiny?) radiation/radio/EM in that wavelength can pass through, but light (visible light that you can see) has a much, much smaller wavelength and passes just fine.
So, you could say that a larger mesh (chain link fence?) of conductive material is also a faraday cage, but only affects things with a really large wavelength.
thus, faraday cages have a variable effect, depending on their configuration.
Yeah, I did read some time ago that the max hole size was like half the wavelength and there existed also a penetration depth. I guess this makes sense with light making it through fences.
Heat ç sound are the hardest to block