Capacitor Definition and 1000 Threads
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Charge upon a parallel plate capacitor
a) if I take a Gaussian cylindrical surface whose circular area are present in the meat of the two plates of the capacitor, then the electric flux through this Gaussian surface is zero ( as the electric field inside the meatof the capacitor is zero and between the capacitors, electric field is...- Pushoam
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- Capacitor Charge Parallel Parallel plate Parallel plate capacitor Plate
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Capacitance of a parallel plate capacitor with a metal plate kept inside
Because of the plate P, the capacitor becomes a piece of conductor. It contains zero net charge and has 0 potential difference. Hence, the capacitance is ## \frac 0 0 # # that is undefined. The capacitance of a capacitor is defined as its capacity to store charge when a potential difference is...- Pushoam
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- Capacitance Capacitor Parallel Parallel plate Parallel plate capacitor Plate
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Force between the plates of a capacitor with dielectric slab inserted
The the electric field inside decreases due to the presence of a dielectric by a factor of dielectric constant K. Hence the force between the plates will decrease. Is this right?- Pushoam
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- Capacitor Dielectric Force Plates
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Derivation for capacitance of cylindrical capacitor
I don't understand how they got from the previous step to the next step of the derivation circled in red: Many thanks!- member 731016
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- Capacitance Capacitor Cylindrical cylindrical capacitor Derivation
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Am vs Fm variable capacitor receiver, what is the difference?
What is the difference between a variable capacitor in a AM receiver and a variable capacitor in a FM receiver? I understand that Am is amplitude modulation and that the signal is carried over a changing amplitude and that the frequency is constant. And the opposite in FM signals. And a variable...- sol47739
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- Capacitor Difference Electric circuit Fm Lc circuit Radio waves Receiver Variable
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Calculate current in a 120 VAC circuit with a series 10uF capacitor
Hi can someone tell me please how much current is passed though below circuit: 120 AC 60Hz mains power going through a 10uF 500v capacitor in series- supak111
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- Capacitor Circuit Current Series
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Capacitor Circuit Analysis: How to Find Voltage Across Resistors
Figure: My attempt at a solution: Once the capacitors have been applied, we see directly that ##\boxed{v_c=v_0=0\, \textrm{V}}## Wouldn't this one be done like this? I know the following: in a circuit with capacitors and coils, if we have Capacitor: we change for an open circuit. Coil: we...- Guillem_dlc
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- Analysis Capacitor Circuit Circuit analysis
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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Capacitor Network - Series or Parallel?
My textbook solution states that 1 & 2 are in parallel and so is 3 & 4 and those 2 are in series. That is, (1 P 2) S (3 P 4). My thinking is such: points A & B are of same potential, say V, C & D are of same potential, say x and E & F are are of same potential, say 0. So I can say that 1 and 3...- Shreya
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- Capacitor Network Parallel Series
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Choosing a pulse capacitor, ESR vs reactance at frequency
While going through the catalogues I started to wonder, typically lower ESR caps cost more, but if I need the cap for DC smoothing , to filter out unwanted AC ripple, then I put that cap across my DC rails +-. Now so far so good. It's ability to filter out the AC ripple will be directly related...- artis
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- Capacitor Esr Frequency Pulse Reactance
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Maximum charge on the plates of a capacitor
What I have done: The electromotive force due to Faraday's Law is: ##\mathcal{E}=-\frac{d\phi(\vec{B})}{dt}=\frac{d}{dt}(Ba^2)=a^2\frac{dB}{dt}=-10^{-4}V.## In the circuit, going around the loop in a clockwise fashion: ##\oint_{\Gamma}\vec{E}\cdot d\vec{l}=-\frac{d\phi(\vec{B})}{dt}\Rightarrow...- lorenz0
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- Capacitor Charge Circuit Electromagnetism Faraday's law Induced current Maximum Plates
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Choosing pulse capacitor for parasitic AC ripple suppresion
So long story short I have a power supply (DIY) for some time and on the secondary side filter/reservoir capacitors there is a small ripple (about 1v PP) of 50khz (the switching frequency of the PSU). Aside from others methods that I will implement to reduce this I am thinking of adding a shunt...- artis
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- Ac Capacitor Pulse Ripple
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MOS Capacitor under very large positive or negative bias conditions
In MOSCAP, why does the band stop bending as soon as the Si Fermi level touches either the conduction band (inversion) or the valance band (accumulation)?- thovarua
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- Bias Capacitor Conditions Negative Positive
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Oblique slab dieletric material in a capacitor
With reference to picture, l have an oblique slab of material dieletric in a capacitor. The plates of capacitor are infinite and far. How can calculate E and D in dieletric?- stefano77
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- Capacitor Material
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Asking some Capacitor questions to help my understanding
I have watched a number of tutorials on how a capacitor works and I'm still confused about a couple things. Suppose we have a battery who's terminals are connected to the battery. It make sense to me that negative electrons accumulate on one side of the dialectric, because they're attracted to...- Chenkel
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- Capacitor
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The behaviour of an uncharged dielectric particle in a capacitor
I understand that the particle will be polarised according to its dielectric constant and the electric field across the capacitor. However, since it is similar to an insulator and electrons do not move in and out of the particle easily, the particle will not be charged. How then will...- kololo
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- Capacitor Dielectric Particle Uncharged
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I Calculating Total Electric Charge with a Capacitor and Battery
With a capacitor with a dielectric with the battery on, ##E_{total} = E_0 + E_i## ##\frac{Q_t}{dC_t} = \frac{Q_0}{dC_0} + \frac{Q_i}{dC_i}## thus, ##\frac{Q_t}{C_t} = \frac{Q_0}{C_0} + \frac{Q_i}{C_i}## since in a battery ##V_t = V_0, V_i = 0##, so either ##Q_i = 0## or ##C_i = infinite## but...- annamal
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- Battery Capacitor Charge Electric Electric charge
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B How is capacitor energy the same as electrostatic potential energy?
The energy stored in a capacitor is derived by integrated the work needed to move charge dQ from one plate to another. I'm confused on how this energy is the same as electrostatic potential energy, the energy needed to assemble this configuration from infinity. In the case of capacitor energy...- versine
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- Capacitor Electrostatic Electrostatic potential Energy Potential Potential energy
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- Forum: Classical Physics
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Method of Images for a single point charge in a capacitor
Disclaimer: This is not a repost. The problem wants me to calculate the force of a p.c. , that is isolated by itself (this p.c. is the only charge this problem starts with in this problem) inside a capacitor, a distance h/4 from the bottom plate. This is what I have though of so far but I...- guyvsdcsniper
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- Capacitor Charge Images Method Method of images Point Point charge
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Method of images between parallel plate capacitor
Before I can find the force on q I must balance the charges. This problem starts of with -q and q inside the capacitor. I have added image charges on the opposite side of each plate. Would this work?- guyvsdcsniper
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- Capacitor Images Method Method of images Parallel Parallel plate Parallel plate capacitor Plate
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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What represents the charge on a capacitor?
Consider a simple DC circuit containing a 9V battery, a switch, a 10 kΩ resister and a 100 μF capacitor all in series. When the switch is thrown, it will take basically 5 seconds for the capacitor to reach full charge. Based on what I have read online, the charge on the above capacitor is...- LarryS
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- Capacitor Charge
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Finding potential at a point in capacitor
I tried solving the part (a), and got I =1.82 A for the current value using Kirchoff's law. Next, I want to use Ohm's law to calculate the voltage at point a. Va = IR In this equation, will resistance R correspond to 4.4Ω or 8.8Ω? How do you determine which resistance to use when solving this...- Sunwoo Bae
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- Capacitor Circuit Kirchoff Point Potential
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Maxwell's Capacitor argument for a time independent Current
Is it because the current applied to a capacitor will never be time independent? Please help me out🙏- Shreya
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- Argument Capacitor Current Independent Time
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Minimizing the voltage drop across a capacitor (solution shown)
The following is the question and the solution to the question. I understand the solution to the part where you find the Ceq and derive Qeq from the equation Q = Ceq*V. However, I do not understand where V1 = V0-V2 come from. When calculating the minimum voltage, how do you come up with the...- Sunwoo Bae
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- Capacitance Capacitor Drop Electric energy Voltage Voltage drop
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A disconnected capacitor with two dielectrics in parallel
I considered the capacitor as two capacitors in parallel, so the total capacitance is ##C=C_1+C_2=\frac{\varepsilon_0\varepsilon_1 (A/2)}{d}+\frac{\varepsilon_0\varepsilon_2 (A/2)}{d}=\frac{\varepsilon_0 A}{2d}(\varepsilon_1+\varepsilon_2).## Since the parallel component of the electric field...- lorenz0
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- Capacitor Dielectric Dielectrics Electromagnetism Parallel Potential
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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Engineering RC circuit where source depends on capacitor current
I did a kvl loop and got V + 5Io - 15 Io = 0 So, V = 10Io Then, substituted dq/dt for Io and q/c for V I get to dq/dt - 50000q = 0 solving this equation i get q = C x e^50000q (c for constant) my Io = dq/dt so Io now is 50,000Ce^50000q now my Q(0) is 3 x 10^-5 So my Io (0) should be...- miyelmunshi
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- Capacitor Circuit Current Rc Rc circuit Source
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- Forum: Engineering and Comp Sci Homework Help
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How does the presence of a dielectric change the max V of a capacitor?
My guess is that while the voltage between the two plates is lower when a dielectric is present, the maximum voltage that the capacitor can hold will actually increase because the maximum strength electric field generated by the charges on the two plates will be higher due to the opposing...- Leo Liu
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- Capacitor Change Dielectric Max
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Maximum charge on a spherical capacitor
The electric field is the one generated by the charge ##+Q## on the inner sphere of the capacitor, which generates a radial electric field ##\vec{E}=\frac{1}{4\pi\varepsilon_0}\frac{Q}{r^2}\hat{r}## which, due to the presence of the dielectric, become...- lorenz0
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- Capacitor Charge Electric field intensity Electromagnetism Maximum Spherical
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"Flow through" electrolytic capacitor
For applications where the output has considerable ripple or spikes often just using electrolytic capacitors for DC smoothing is not enough because electrolytics themselves have some inductance and series ESR which is mostly the result of their inner structure (wire leads, pins, foil) I was...- artis
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- Capacitor
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- Forum: Electrical Engineering
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High Pass Filter Working Principle
A few days ago, I learned to make an AC to DC converter. One question is troubling my mind. How does a High Pass Filter Capacitor work? Going through some websites I got a sketchy idea. As the current after passing through the bridge rectifier comes to capacitor, the capacitor starts charging...- ARoyC
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- Ac Capacitor Converter Dc Filter High pass filter Principle
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Why are my terminals not marked on my capacitor?
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- Air compressor Capacitor Polarity
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Measuring Capacitance using a basic Multimeter
Is there any way to measure the capacitance of a capacitor indirectly using a multimeter that does not have the option to measure capacitance directly?- ARoyC
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- Capacitance Capacitor Electronics Engineering Measuring Multimeter
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- Forum: Electrical Engineering
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Understanding Spark Production in Dissectable Glass Capacitors
I think a high enough voltage may have permanently polarized the glass.- Stryker331
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- Capacitor Glass
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Why can a capacitor be charged by a battery (DC)?
Hello there, I'm perplexed as to why the capacitor is DC-blocking, but the battery (DC) may charge the capacitor. I'd never considered it until I recently read it in a book. I honestly have no idea what's going on. If anyone has any idea why this happens, please let me know. I've read some...- Yoyo G
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- Battery Capacitor Charged Dc
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TIme needed for a capacitor to reach a fraction of its final charge
I am a little lost on the last step of this problem. I get that we want to know how much time elapses for the capacitor to reach 2/3 of its final charge. That is why 2/3Qf is equal to Qf(1-e^-t/RC). I don't understand how we make the jump to e^-t/Tau is equal to 1/3? and then somehow e^-t/Tau...- guyvsdcsniper
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- Capacitor Charge Final Fraction Time
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Current density in a wire that is being used to charge a capacitor
Somehow this answer is incorrect , but i realize that even numbers are hipothetical , 45 coulumbs is too much charge , what is wrong in my calculations?- Ugnius
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- Capacitor Charge Current Current density Density Wire
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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I An electrolytic capacitor charges by itself?
We've observed that an off the shelf electrolyte capacitor (330 μF) charges when it isn't connected to a current supply. Depending on the surroundings we get something between 10 and 100 mV potential across the capacitor. Does anybody know what's happening?- Philip Koeck
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- Capacitor Charges
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Receiver Circuit Question -- What role does this antenna capacitor play?
Which role plays an additional capacity in a receiver circuit between the antenna and the matching-box part like in this example (found in https://www.frostburg.edu/personal/latta/ee/twinplex/schematic/twinplexschematic.html): Is it necessary for this receiver circuit or just optional? What...- The Tortoise-Man
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- Antenna Capacitor Circuit Circuit analysis Impedance matching Receiver
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Capacitor Extraction: Charging & Isolating Electrons
Hi, Is it possible to charge a capacitor, and then extract or isolate the part of the capacitor that has been charged with electrons? Thanks.- dansmith170
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- Capacitor Extraction
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AC power loss in lossy dielectric (capacitor) with DC-bias field
Hi there, if a dielectric (capacitor) is described with a constant permittivit eps (or C) and loss-tangent DF, how much energy ist lost when charging the capacitor by 1V? For example: C=1, DF=0.1. When charging from 0 to 1V, the lost energy (in J) is ...? When charging from 1V to 2V, the lost...- Ohm113
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- Ac Ac power Capacitor Dielectric Field Loss Power Power loss
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Two basic diode and capacitor circuits
Hi there! I have resolve this basic circuit, but, i have a little questions about. The first circuit its: The diode in all voltaje cases act like a switch, so, the courrent of all components and voltage of the resistance its zero. I graph the curve according my interpretation. My question its...- Noob of the Maths
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- Capacitor Circuits Diode Ohm's law
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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Comparing energy lost by the battery & energy gained by the capacitor.
Imagine the two terminal of a *parallel-plate capacitor* are connected to the two terminal of a battery with electric potential difference #V#. If the capacitance of the capacitor is #C#, and the area of each plate is $A$. In this process would the energy lost by the battery and the stored...- nazmulhasanshipon
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- Battery Capacitance Capacitor Electrostatic Electrostatic charges Electrostatics Energy Lost Voltage
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Calculating Current in a Series RC Circuit
Hi , i was just wondering how would i find the current through a capacitor (Series RC circuit) I found a questions online which asks to find the voltage and the current through a capacitor at 1kHz and 10Khz Capacitor = 0.01uF Resistor = 100 Ohms Voltage Source = 10v ive done some...- IronaSona
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- Capacitor Current Rc
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Engineering Capacitance for a capacitor with two dielectrics
The geometry of the capacitor can be either cylindrical or spherical.- VelocityOfTheSound
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- Capacitance Capacitor Dielectric Dielectrics
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Capacitance of a parallel-plate Capacitor with non uniform dielectric
Hey guys! I'm having trouble with the solution that I arrived at. Through boundary conditions I'm able to determine ##\vec{D}## as $$\vec{D}=-\frac{4Q}{R_0^2}\hat{e_z}$$ (In CGS units) Trough that I'm able to get the electric field as $$\vec{E}=-\frac{1}{\epsilon(r)}\frac{4Q}{R_0^2}\hat{e_z}$$...- approx12
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- Capacitance Capacitor Dielectric Electro dynamics Electrostatic Non uniform Uniform
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- Forum: Advanced Physics Homework Help
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Electrical TV capacitor instead of motor capacitor
Have farm motor 1 hp 600 mf capacitor failed can one slip old tv style capacitor in old can as this motor runs on 220 ac?- John1397
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- Capacitor Motor
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- Forum: DIY Projects
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Fields in a capacitor before and after adding a dielectric layer
relevant eduation- Wadah
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- Capacitor Dielectric Fields
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Uncharged capacitors connected in series
I came across the following explanation from the famous book of Sears and Zemansky which I am unable to understand. I can get the initial part where a positive charge goes to the top plate of C1 since the point a is at a +ve potential causing free electrons to transfer from top plate of C1 to...- vcsharp2003
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- Capacitor Capacitors Electric field Series Uncharged
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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Capacitor and Surface Charge Density Question
When I plug in the numbers I get ##2.9513\cdot 10^{-5}C/m^2##, not ##17.6\cdot 10^{-6} C/m^2##. Can someone point out where I'm going wrong?- cwill53
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- Capacitor Charge Charge density Density Elecrostatics Surface Surface charge density
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- Forum: Introductory Physics Homework Help
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What type of dielectric is used in an NP0 capacitor?
What type of ceramic is an NP0 capacitor made from? I know X7R is barium titanite, but I can't find NP0.- sodoyle
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- Capacitor Dielectric Type
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Some questions about capacitor discharging
why does the voltage of the capacitor eventually go to 0 when discharging the capacitor? I heard that's because "current starts flowing when discharging", but how exactly does that lead to V going down? I know that I = C * dV/dt, but that doesn't seem to help me understand why V goes down (which...- Milotic
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- Capacitor Charge Circuit Current Voltage
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- Forum: Electromagnetism