The document describes capacitors and capacitance. It explains that capacitors are composed of two conductive plates separated by an insulator, and their ability to store electric charge is called capacitance. It provides formulas to calculate capacitance for parallel plate, spherical, and cylindrical capacitors based on characteristics like plate area, separation distance, and radius. Examples are given to demonstrate calculating capacitance and charge for different capacitor configurations using the formulas.
The document describes capacitors and capacitance. It explains that capacitors are composed of two conductive plates separated by an insulator, and their ability to store electric charge is called capacitance. It provides formulas to calculate capacitance for parallel plate, spherical, and cylindrical capacitors based on characteristics like plate area, separation distance, and radius. Examples are given to demonstrate calculating capacitance and charge for different capacitor configurations using the formulas.
The document describes capacitors and capacitance. It explains that capacitors are composed of two conductive plates separated by an insulator, and their ability to store electric charge is called capacitance. It provides formulas to calculate capacitance for parallel plate, spherical, and cylindrical capacitors based on characteristics like plate area, separation distance, and radius. Examples are given to demonstrate calculating capacitance and charge for different capacitor configurations using the formulas.
The document describes capacitors and capacitance. It explains that capacitors are composed of two conductive plates separated by an insulator, and their ability to store electric charge is called capacitance. It provides formulas to calculate capacitance for parallel plate, spherical, and cylindrical capacitors based on characteristics like plate area, separation distance, and radius. Examples are given to demonstrate calculating capacitance and charge for different capacitor configurations using the formulas.
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Describe a capacitor and explain capacitance
Perform some calculations regarding capacitance Deduce the effects of simple capacitors (e.g., parallel-plate, spherical, cylindrical) on the capacitance, charge, and potential difference when the size, potential difference, or charge is changed (STEM_GP12EM-IIId-23 ) CAPACITORS •Capacitors are devices that store electric charges and energy. Capacitors • Composed of two conductive plates separated by an insulator (or dielectric). • Commonly illustrated as two parallel metal plates separated by a distance, d. • One of the capacitor’s property is the capacitance. Capacitance
-the ability of a capacitor to store
charge
Electrical energy can be stored by
putting opposite charges on a pair of isolated conductors. Being conductors, the respective surfaces of these two objects has potential difference between them. CALCULATING CAPACITANCE
•A capacitor has capacitance
25 mF and is initially uncharged. The battery provides a potential difference of 120 V. After switch is closed, how much charge will pass through it? CALCULATING CAPACITANCE
PARALLEL- PLATE CAPACITOR
C= ε0 A d SPHERICAL CAPACITOR
C= 4 πε O ab b-a CYLINDRICAL CAPACITOR
C= 2πε O __L__ ln(b/a) 1. A parallel-plate capacitor has circular plates of 8.2 cm radius and 1.3 mm separation. (a) Calculate the capacitance. (b) What charge will appear on the plates if a potential difference of 120 V is applied? 2. You have two flat metal plates, each of area 1.0 x 10^10 m^2, with which to construct a parallel-plate capacitor. If the capacitance of the device is 9.00F, what must be the separation between plates? Could this capacitor actually be constructed? (*Note: capacitor cannot be constructed if the exponent has smaller value than 10^-10 ) 3. If a spherical capacitor has an inner sphere of radius 12 cm and 13cm. a.) Calculate the capacitance b.) Compute for the charge if the voltage is 240 V. •Capacitors are devices that store electric charges and energy. Where do we usually find a Capacitor? Capacitors are widely used in electronic circuits to perform variety of tasks, such as smoothing, filtering, bypassing etc. One type of capacitor may not be suitable for all applications. Such as ceramic capacitors, generally superior than other types and therefore can be used in a vast ranges of application. What do the size, shape and color of the capacitor tell us?
