Does paint affect EMI ability of enclosure?
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This could be a very stupid question, but when it comes to RF you never know.
Does painting (non-conductive) over the top of a grounded metal enclosure affect its ability to absorb/block RF interference? At the mechanical fixings, the enclosure is not painted and has a good ground connection.
I was wondering because I remembered that RF currents travel on the surface of conductors. Would they just travel "beneath" the paint?
Thanks.
emc enclosure
edited Feb 28 at 22:59
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Jack the LadJack the Lad
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This could be a very stupid question, but when it comes to RF you never know.
Does painting (non-conductive) over the top of a grounded metal enclosure affect its ability to absorb/block RF interference? At the mechanical fixings, the enclosure is not painted and has a good ground connection.
I was wondering because I remembered that RF currents travel on the surface of conductors. Would they just travel "beneath" the paint?
Thanks.
emc enclosure
edited Feb 28 at 22:59
SamGibson
11.6k41739
asked Feb 28 at 14:51
Jack the LadJack the Lad
534
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What kind of paint?
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– Eugene Sh.
Feb 28 at 14:55
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Non-conductive paint
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– Jack the Lad
Feb 28 at 15:03
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This is a qualified it depends. If you paint over a ground plane then no. If it's part on an enclosure and the the paint acts as an insulator between the lid and the base, both conductive then yes. This is not a detailed explanation of why but I will leave that for a proper answer.
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– Warren Hill
Feb 28 at 15:14
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This could be a very stupid question, but when it comes to RF you never know.
Does painting (non-conductive) over the top of a grounded metal enclosure affect its ability to absorb/block RF interference? At the mechanical fixings, the enclosure is not painted and has a good ground connection.
I was wondering because I remembered that RF currents travel on the surface of conductors. Would they just travel "beneath" the paint?
Thanks.
emc enclosure
edited Feb 28 at 22:59
SamGibson
11.6k41739
asked Feb 28 at 14:51
Jack the LadJack the Lad
534
$endgroup$
This could be a very stupid question, but when it comes to RF you never know.
Does painting (non-conductive) over the top of a grounded metal enclosure affect its ability to absorb/block RF interference? At the mechanical fixings, the enclosure is not painted and has a good ground connection.
I was wondering because I remembered that RF currents travel on the surface of conductors. Would they just travel "beneath" the paint?
Thanks.
emc enclosure
emc enclosure
edited Feb 28 at 22:59
SamGibson
11.6k41739
asked Feb 28 at 14:51
Jack the LadJack the Lad
534
edited Feb 28 at 22:59
SamGibson
11.6k41739
asked Feb 28 at 14:51
Jack the LadJack the Lad
534
edited Feb 28 at 22:59
SamGibson
11.6k41739
edited Feb 28 at 22:59
SamGibson
11.6k41739
edited Feb 28 at 22:59
SamGibson
11.6k41739
11.6k41739
asked Feb 28 at 14:51
Jack the LadJack the Lad
534
asked Feb 28 at 14:51
Jack the LadJack the Lad
534
asked Feb 28 at 14:51
Jack the LadJack the Lad
534
534
1
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What kind of paint?
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– Eugene Sh.
Feb 28 at 14:55
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Non-conductive paint
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– Jack the Lad
Feb 28 at 15:03
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This is a qualified it depends. If you paint over a ground plane then no. If it's part on an enclosure and the the paint acts as an insulator between the lid and the base, both conductive then yes. This is not a detailed explanation of why but I will leave that for a proper answer.
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– Warren Hill
Feb 28 at 15:14
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1
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What kind of paint?
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– Eugene Sh.
Feb 28 at 14:55
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Non-conductive paint
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– Jack the Lad
Feb 28 at 15:03
1
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This is a qualified it depends. If you paint over a ground plane then no. If it's part on an enclosure and the the paint acts as an insulator between the lid and the base, both conductive then yes. This is not a detailed explanation of why but I will leave that for a proper answer.
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– Warren Hill
Feb 28 at 15:14
1
1
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What kind of paint?
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– Eugene Sh.
Feb 28 at 14:55
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What kind of paint?
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– Eugene Sh.
Feb 28 at 14:55
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Non-conductive paint
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– Jack the Lad
Feb 28 at 15:03
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Non-conductive paint
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– Jack the Lad
Feb 28 at 15:03
1
1
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This is a qualified it depends. If you paint over a ground plane then no. If it's part on an enclosure and the the paint acts as an insulator between the lid and the base, both conductive then yes. This is not a detailed explanation of why but I will leave that for a proper answer.
$endgroup$
– Warren Hill
Feb 28 at 15:14
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This is a qualified it depends. If you paint over a ground plane then no. If it's part on an enclosure and the the paint acts as an insulator between the lid and the base, both conductive then yes. This is not a detailed explanation of why but I will leave that for a proper answer.
$endgroup$
– Warren Hill
Feb 28 at 15:14
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Does painting (non-conductive) over the top of a grounded metal
enclosure affect its ability to absorb/block RF interference?
No, the idea of an EMI enclosure is to create a faraday shield around something to block electromagnetic waves around whatever it is enclosing. The shield itself needs to be conductive to be effective and have adequate skin depth, on the inside of the shield the electric field is zero (assuming there are no radiators on the inside). (The skin depth needs to be larger for a faraday shield to be effective, but for most metals anything more than 5mm is effective against anything above 0.1Hz). And watch out for anodization also, which is an oxide layer on aluminum and not very conductive.
For a faraday cage to be effective, it needs to be conductive and continuous as possible (slots and apertures can provide inlets for electric fields to bleed in). This also means that conductivity needs to be maintained at the seams of the enclosure by not painting junctions, using conductive gaskets and flanges that cover seams. (and any shieldconductor interfacing to the enclosure also needs good conductivity and no paint)
As long as the surface of the enclosure is conductive and continuous, it will have the same blocking power even with materials of different conductivity on the outside. If anything the paint will attenuate high frequencies or change the reflection (because any two materials that have a boundary have reflection and transmission coefficients).
In short, adding paint to the surface of a metal enclosure will not change the conductivity of the metal underneath (unless there is some kind of severe chemical reaction, which is unlikely). And at the end of the day it is the conductivity of the metal enclosure that matters most.
answered Feb 28 at 15:49
laptop2dlaptop2d
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It's probably worth explicitly adding that you need to be sure there is NOT paint in the seams between parts of the enclosure.
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– The Photon
Feb 28 at 17:57
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I didn't because the OP mentioned it, but a good idea nonetheless
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– laptop2d
Feb 28 at 18:12
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Can't have paint between any wire/connector used to ground the cage and the cage, either.
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– Scott Seidman
Feb 28 at 19:31
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@ScottSeidman also mention in the post above
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– laptop2d
Feb 28 at 19:56
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"…anything more than 5mm is effective…" — did you mean a different thickness here? 5 mm is far thicker than typical shielding components or sheet metal enclosures.
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– Kevin Reid
Mar 1 at 5:58
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Well, although laptop2d answer is correct, if you interpret the word "ability" in a somewhat different sense, some kind of paints could actually improve the overall shielding provided by the underlying metal enclosure.
In fact the paint could reduce the incoming RF wave energy, dissipating it as heat. That's the principle behind what are called RAM (Radiation Absorbent Materials), which are used, for example, on stealth vehicles.
Such paints can also be non-conductive. For example, microscopic iron balls are coated in an insulating film and then deployed on the surface to coat embedded in an insulating epoxy matrix. So, overall, the coating is non-conductive.
answered Feb 28 at 16:03
Lorenzo DonatiLorenzo Donati
16.9k44476
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They actually make a wide variety of conductive paints that can block RF in various frequencies (especially 2.4ghz) nowadays
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– laptop2d
Feb 28 at 16:41
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yep, Hammond even makes ABS enclosures that are coated on the inside with that.
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– Tyler Stone
Feb 28 at 17:39
add a comment |
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Does painting (non-conductive) over the top of a grounded metal
enclosure affect its ability to absorb/block RF interference?
No, the idea of an EMI enclosure is to create a faraday shield around something to block electromagnetic waves around whatever it is enclosing. The shield itself needs to be conductive to be effective and have adequate skin depth, on the inside of the shield the electric field is zero (assuming there are no radiators on the inside). (The skin depth needs to be larger for a faraday shield to be effective, but for most metals anything more than 5mm is effective against anything above 0.1Hz). And watch out for anodization also, which is an oxide layer on aluminum and not very conductive.
For a faraday cage to be effective, it needs to be conductive and continuous as possible (slots and apertures can provide inlets for electric fields to bleed in). This also means that conductivity needs to be maintained at the seams of the enclosure by not painting junctions, using conductive gaskets and flanges that cover seams. (and any shieldconductor interfacing to the enclosure also needs good conductivity and no paint)
As long as the surface of the enclosure is conductive and continuous, it will have the same blocking power even with materials of different conductivity on the outside. If anything the paint will attenuate high frequencies or change the reflection (because any two materials that have a boundary have reflection and transmission coefficients).
In short, adding paint to the surface of a metal enclosure will not change the conductivity of the metal underneath (unless there is some kind of severe chemical reaction, which is unlikely). And at the end of the day it is the conductivity of the metal enclosure that matters most.
answered Feb 28 at 15:49
laptop2dlaptop2d
26.8k123383
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It's probably worth explicitly adding that you need to be sure there is NOT paint in the seams between parts of the enclosure.
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– The Photon
Feb 28 at 17:57
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I didn't because the OP mentioned it, but a good idea nonetheless
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– laptop2d
Feb 28 at 18:12
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Can't have paint between any wire/connector used to ground the cage and the cage, either.
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– Scott Seidman
Feb 28 at 19:31
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@ScottSeidman also mention in the post above
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– laptop2d
Feb 28 at 19:56
1
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"…anything more than 5mm is effective…" — did you mean a different thickness here? 5 mm is far thicker than typical shielding components or sheet metal enclosures.
$endgroup$
– Kevin Reid
Mar 1 at 5:58
|
show 1 more comment
$begingroup$
Does painting (non-conductive) over the top of a grounded metal
enclosure affect its ability to absorb/block RF interference?
No, the idea of an EMI enclosure is to create a faraday shield around something to block electromagnetic waves around whatever it is enclosing. The shield itself needs to be conductive to be effective and have adequate skin depth, on the inside of the shield the electric field is zero (assuming there are no radiators on the inside). (The skin depth needs to be larger for a faraday shield to be effective, but for most metals anything more than 5mm is effective against anything above 0.1Hz). And watch out for anodization also, which is an oxide layer on aluminum and not very conductive.
For a faraday cage to be effective, it needs to be conductive and continuous as possible (slots and apertures can provide inlets for electric fields to bleed in). This also means that conductivity needs to be maintained at the seams of the enclosure by not painting junctions, using conductive gaskets and flanges that cover seams. (and any shieldconductor interfacing to the enclosure also needs good conductivity and no paint)
As long as the surface of the enclosure is conductive and continuous, it will have the same blocking power even with materials of different conductivity on the outside. If anything the paint will attenuate high frequencies or change the reflection (because any two materials that have a boundary have reflection and transmission coefficients).
In short, adding paint to the surface of a metal enclosure will not change the conductivity of the metal underneath (unless there is some kind of severe chemical reaction, which is unlikely). And at the end of the day it is the conductivity of the metal enclosure that matters most.
answered Feb 28 at 15:49
laptop2dlaptop2d
26.8k123383
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6
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It's probably worth explicitly adding that you need to be sure there is NOT paint in the seams between parts of the enclosure.
$endgroup$
– The Photon
Feb 28 at 17:57
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I didn't because the OP mentioned it, but a good idea nonetheless
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– laptop2d
Feb 28 at 18:12
1
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Can't have paint between any wire/connector used to ground the cage and the cage, either.
$endgroup$
– Scott Seidman
Feb 28 at 19:31
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@ScottSeidman also mention in the post above
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– laptop2d
Feb 28 at 19:56
1
$begingroup$
"…anything more than 5mm is effective…" — did you mean a different thickness here? 5 mm is far thicker than typical shielding components or sheet metal enclosures.
$endgroup$
– Kevin Reid
Mar 1 at 5:58
|
show 1 more comment
$begingroup$
Does painting (non-conductive) over the top of a grounded metal
enclosure affect its ability to absorb/block RF interference?
No, the idea of an EMI enclosure is to create a faraday shield around something to block electromagnetic waves around whatever it is enclosing. The shield itself needs to be conductive to be effective and have adequate skin depth, on the inside of the shield the electric field is zero (assuming there are no radiators on the inside). (The skin depth needs to be larger for a faraday shield to be effective, but for most metals anything more than 5mm is effective against anything above 0.1Hz). And watch out for anodization also, which is an oxide layer on aluminum and not very conductive.
For a faraday cage to be effective, it needs to be conductive and continuous as possible (slots and apertures can provide inlets for electric fields to bleed in). This also means that conductivity needs to be maintained at the seams of the enclosure by not painting junctions, using conductive gaskets and flanges that cover seams. (and any shieldconductor interfacing to the enclosure also needs good conductivity and no paint)
As long as the surface of the enclosure is conductive and continuous, it will have the same blocking power even with materials of different conductivity on the outside. If anything the paint will attenuate high frequencies or change the reflection (because any two materials that have a boundary have reflection and transmission coefficients).
In short, adding paint to the surface of a metal enclosure will not change the conductivity of the metal underneath (unless there is some kind of severe chemical reaction, which is unlikely). And at the end of the day it is the conductivity of the metal enclosure that matters most.
answered Feb 28 at 15:49
laptop2dlaptop2d
26.8k123383
$endgroup$
Does painting (non-conductive) over the top of a grounded metal
enclosure affect its ability to absorb/block RF interference?
No, the idea of an EMI enclosure is to create a faraday shield around something to block electromagnetic waves around whatever it is enclosing. The shield itself needs to be conductive to be effective and have adequate skin depth, on the inside of the shield the electric field is zero (assuming there are no radiators on the inside). (The skin depth needs to be larger for a faraday shield to be effective, but for most metals anything more than 5mm is effective against anything above 0.1Hz). And watch out for anodization also, which is an oxide layer on aluminum and not very conductive.
For a faraday cage to be effective, it needs to be conductive and continuous as possible (slots and apertures can provide inlets for electric fields to bleed in). This also means that conductivity needs to be maintained at the seams of the enclosure by not painting junctions, using conductive gaskets and flanges that cover seams. (and any shieldconductor interfacing to the enclosure also needs good conductivity and no paint)
As long as the surface of the enclosure is conductive and continuous, it will have the same blocking power even with materials of different conductivity on the outside. If anything the paint will attenuate high frequencies or change the reflection (because any two materials that have a boundary have reflection and transmission coefficients).
In short, adding paint to the surface of a metal enclosure will not change the conductivity of the metal underneath (unless there is some kind of severe chemical reaction, which is unlikely). And at the end of the day it is the conductivity of the metal enclosure that matters most.
answered Feb 28 at 15:49
laptop2dlaptop2d
26.8k123383
edited Feb 28 at 22:06
answered Feb 28 at 15:49
laptop2dlaptop2d
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answered Feb 28 at 15:49
laptop2dlaptop2d
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answered Feb 28 at 15:49
laptop2dlaptop2d
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It's probably worth explicitly adding that you need to be sure there is NOT paint in the seams between parts of the enclosure.
$endgroup$
– The Photon
Feb 28 at 17:57
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I didn't because the OP mentioned it, but a good idea nonetheless
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– laptop2d
Feb 28 at 18:12
1
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Can't have paint between any wire/connector used to ground the cage and the cage, either.
$endgroup$
– Scott Seidman
Feb 28 at 19:31
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@ScottSeidman also mention in the post above
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– laptop2d
Feb 28 at 19:56
1
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"…anything more than 5mm is effective…" — did you mean a different thickness here? 5 mm is far thicker than typical shielding components or sheet metal enclosures.
$endgroup$
– Kevin Reid
Mar 1 at 5:58
|
show 1 more comment
6
$begingroup$
It's probably worth explicitly adding that you need to be sure there is NOT paint in the seams between parts of the enclosure.
$endgroup$
– The Photon
Feb 28 at 17:57
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I didn't because the OP mentioned it, but a good idea nonetheless
$endgroup$
– laptop2d
Feb 28 at 18:12
1
$begingroup$
Can't have paint between any wire/connector used to ground the cage and the cage, either.
$endgroup$
– Scott Seidman
Feb 28 at 19:31
$begingroup$
@ScottSeidman also mention in the post above
$endgroup$
– laptop2d
Feb 28 at 19:56
1
$begingroup$
"…anything more than 5mm is effective…" — did you mean a different thickness here? 5 mm is far thicker than typical shielding components or sheet metal enclosures.
$endgroup$
– Kevin Reid
Mar 1 at 5:58
6
6
$begingroup$
It's probably worth explicitly adding that you need to be sure there is NOT paint in the seams between parts of the enclosure.
$endgroup$
– The Photon
Feb 28 at 17:57
$begingroup$
It's probably worth explicitly adding that you need to be sure there is NOT paint in the seams between parts of the enclosure.
$endgroup$
– The Photon
Feb 28 at 17:57
$begingroup$
I didn't because the OP mentioned it, but a good idea nonetheless
$endgroup$
– laptop2d
Feb 28 at 18:12
$begingroup$
I didn't because the OP mentioned it, but a good idea nonetheless
$endgroup$
– laptop2d
Feb 28 at 18:12
1
1
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Can't have paint between any wire/connector used to ground the cage and the cage, either.
$endgroup$
– Scott Seidman
Feb 28 at 19:31
$begingroup$
Can't have paint between any wire/connector used to ground the cage and the cage, either.
$endgroup$
– Scott Seidman
Feb 28 at 19:31
$begingroup$
@ScottSeidman also mention in the post above
$endgroup$
– laptop2d
Feb 28 at 19:56
$begingroup$
@ScottSeidman also mention in the post above
$endgroup$
– laptop2d
Feb 28 at 19:56
1
1
$begingroup$
"…anything more than 5mm is effective…" — did you mean a different thickness here? 5 mm is far thicker than typical shielding components or sheet metal enclosures.
$endgroup$
– Kevin Reid
Mar 1 at 5:58
$begingroup$
"…anything more than 5mm is effective…" — did you mean a different thickness here? 5 mm is far thicker than typical shielding components or sheet metal enclosures.
$endgroup$
– Kevin Reid
Mar 1 at 5:58
|
show 1 more comment
$begingroup$
Well, although laptop2d answer is correct, if you interpret the word "ability" in a somewhat different sense, some kind of paints could actually improve the overall shielding provided by the underlying metal enclosure.
In fact the paint could reduce the incoming RF wave energy, dissipating it as heat. That's the principle behind what are called RAM (Radiation Absorbent Materials), which are used, for example, on stealth vehicles.
Such paints can also be non-conductive. For example, microscopic iron balls are coated in an insulating film and then deployed on the surface to coat embedded in an insulating epoxy matrix. So, overall, the coating is non-conductive.
answered Feb 28 at 16:03
Lorenzo DonatiLorenzo Donati
16.9k44476
$endgroup$
1
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They actually make a wide variety of conductive paints that can block RF in various frequencies (especially 2.4ghz) nowadays
$endgroup$
– laptop2d
Feb 28 at 16:41
$begingroup$
yep, Hammond even makes ABS enclosures that are coated on the inside with that.
$endgroup$
– Tyler Stone
Feb 28 at 17:39
add a comment |
$begingroup$
Well, although laptop2d answer is correct, if you interpret the word "ability" in a somewhat different sense, some kind of paints could actually improve the overall shielding provided by the underlying metal enclosure.
In fact the paint could reduce the incoming RF wave energy, dissipating it as heat. That's the principle behind what are called RAM (Radiation Absorbent Materials), which are used, for example, on stealth vehicles.
Such paints can also be non-conductive. For example, microscopic iron balls are coated in an insulating film and then deployed on the surface to coat embedded in an insulating epoxy matrix. So, overall, the coating is non-conductive.
answered Feb 28 at 16:03
Lorenzo DonatiLorenzo Donati
16.9k44476
$endgroup$
1
$begingroup$
They actually make a wide variety of conductive paints that can block RF in various frequencies (especially 2.4ghz) nowadays
$endgroup$
– laptop2d
Feb 28 at 16:41
$begingroup$
yep, Hammond even makes ABS enclosures that are coated on the inside with that.
$endgroup$
– Tyler Stone
Feb 28 at 17:39
add a comment |
$begingroup$
Well, although laptop2d answer is correct, if you interpret the word "ability" in a somewhat different sense, some kind of paints could actually improve the overall shielding provided by the underlying metal enclosure.
In fact the paint could reduce the incoming RF wave energy, dissipating it as heat. That's the principle behind what are called RAM (Radiation Absorbent Materials), which are used, for example, on stealth vehicles.
Such paints can also be non-conductive. For example, microscopic iron balls are coated in an insulating film and then deployed on the surface to coat embedded in an insulating epoxy matrix. So, overall, the coating is non-conductive.
answered Feb 28 at 16:03
Lorenzo DonatiLorenzo Donati
16.9k44476
$endgroup$
Well, although laptop2d answer is correct, if you interpret the word "ability" in a somewhat different sense, some kind of paints could actually improve the overall shielding provided by the underlying metal enclosure.
In fact the paint could reduce the incoming RF wave energy, dissipating it as heat. That's the principle behind what are called RAM (Radiation Absorbent Materials), which are used, for example, on stealth vehicles.
Such paints can also be non-conductive. For example, microscopic iron balls are coated in an insulating film and then deployed on the surface to coat embedded in an insulating epoxy matrix. So, overall, the coating is non-conductive.
answered Feb 28 at 16:03
Lorenzo DonatiLorenzo Donati
16.9k44476
answered Feb 28 at 16:03
Lorenzo DonatiLorenzo Donati
16.9k44476
answered Feb 28 at 16:03
Lorenzo DonatiLorenzo Donati
16.9k44476
answered Feb 28 at 16:03
Lorenzo DonatiLorenzo Donati
16.9k44476
16.9k44476
1
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They actually make a wide variety of conductive paints that can block RF in various frequencies (especially 2.4ghz) nowadays
$endgroup$
– laptop2d
Feb 28 at 16:41
$begingroup$
yep, Hammond even makes ABS enclosures that are coated on the inside with that.
$endgroup$
– Tyler Stone
Feb 28 at 17:39
add a comment |
1
$begingroup$
They actually make a wide variety of conductive paints that can block RF in various frequencies (especially 2.4ghz) nowadays
$endgroup$
– laptop2d
Feb 28 at 16:41
$begingroup$
yep, Hammond even makes ABS enclosures that are coated on the inside with that.
$endgroup$
– Tyler Stone
Feb 28 at 17:39
1
1
$begingroup$
They actually make a wide variety of conductive paints that can block RF in various frequencies (especially 2.4ghz) nowadays
$endgroup$
– laptop2d
Feb 28 at 16:41
$begingroup$
They actually make a wide variety of conductive paints that can block RF in various frequencies (especially 2.4ghz) nowadays
$endgroup$
– laptop2d
Feb 28 at 16:41
$begingroup$
yep, Hammond even makes ABS enclosures that are coated on the inside with that.
$endgroup$
– Tyler Stone
Feb 28 at 17:39
$begingroup$
yep, Hammond even makes ABS enclosures that are coated on the inside with that.
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– Tyler Stone
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What kind of paint?
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– Eugene Sh.
Feb 28 at 14:55
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Non-conductive paint
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– Jack the Lad
Feb 28 at 15:03
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This is a qualified it depends. If you paint over a ground plane then no. If it's part on an enclosure and the the paint acts as an insulator between the lid and the base, both conductive then yes. This is not a detailed explanation of why but I will leave that for a proper answer.
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– Warren Hill
Feb 28 at 15:14