" One full wavelength in the conductor requires 2π skin depths, at
which point the current density is attenuated to e−2π (-54.6 dB) of its surface value. The wavelength in the conductor
is much shorter than the wavelength in vacuum, or equivalently, the
phase velocity in the conductor is very much slower than the speed
of light in vacuum. For example, a 1 MHz radio wave has a
wavelength in vacuum λ0 of about 300 m, whereas in copper, the
wavelength is reduced to only about 0.5 mm with a phase velocity of only about 500 m/s..."
Не для стали, но для никеля (в первом приближении похоже) толщина скин-слоя порядка ~0.2 мкм (для 868Мгц). Для люминия аж 3 мкм (потому, что у него магнитная проницаемость никакая, в отличии от стали). Т.е. сотня децибелл будет потеряна уже на глубине в ~полсотни мкм.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skin_effect#Formula