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13.5 Exercise 1

Avg difficulty 2.5

A conducting sheet lies in a plane perpendicular to a magnetic field B→\overset{\rightarrow}{B} that is below the sheet. If B→\overset{\rightarrow}{B} oscillates at a high frequency and the conductor is made of a material of low resistivity, the region above the sheet is effectively shielded from B→\overset{\rightarrow}{B}. Explain why. Will the conductor shield this region from static magnetic fields?

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