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xkcd #3158: Shielding Chart

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Sharks can occasionally travel short distances through air when pursuing prey, but their attenuation coefficient is pretty high.

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[-] Devjavu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 days ago

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.

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