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Capacitance
Combinations of capacitors (series and parallel)
Energy stored in capacitor (electric field)
start chapter 31 (Fundamentals of Circuits)
Capacitance
Vc = 0 Vwire = 0
Q
V = Ed; E = !0 A ;
Q
C !0 A
Units of C:
1 farad = 1 F 1 C/V
C geometric property
(of any two electrodes)
Combinations...
Capacitors in Parallel
same Vc
Q Q1 +Q2
Ceq = VC = VC
Q1 Q1
= VC + VC
Capacitors in Series
same charge Q
1
Ceq = VC
Q = V1 +V2
Q
= V1
Q + V2
Q
Circuit analysis
energy stored
uE = = Uc
= !0 2
2 E
volume stored in Ad
Chapter 31 (Fundamentals of Circuits)
understand fundamental principles of electric circuits; direct
current (DC): batterys potential difference, currents constant
ideal wires: R = 0
V = 0 even I != 0
resistors:
10 to 106
ideal insulators:
R=
I = 0 even if V != 0
Circuit Elements and Diagrams
circuit diagram: logical picture of connections (replace
pictures of circuit elements by symbols)