CAPACITANCE

Capacitance is the term that refers to the ability of a capacitor to store charge. It’s also the
measurement used to indicate how much energy a particular capacitor can store. The more
capacitance a capacitor has, the more charge it can store. Capacitance is the ratio of the change
in an electric charge in a system to the corresponding change in its electric potential.

UNIT OF MEASUREMENT OF CAPACITANCE

Capacitance is measured in Farads, which is name after Michael Faraday (1791-1867).
The symbol for Farads is F.
Q
C¿
V

C is the capacitance in farads,

Q is the quantity of stored electrical charge in coulombs,
V is the difference in potential in volts.
SERIES CAPACITOR
1. What is the total voltage gain in the circuit?
2. What is the total capacitance in the circuit?
3. What is the total charge stored in the circuit?
4. What is the charge stored in each capacitor?
5. What is the voltage across each capacitor?

PARALLEL CAPACITOR
1. What is the total voltage gain in the circuit?
2. What is the total capacitance in the circuit?
3. What is the total charge stored in the circuit?
4. What is the charge stored in each capacitor?
5. What is the voltage across each capacitor?