CAPACITORS

capacitor a deviceused to store electric charge

q parallelplate
capacitor
q
capacitance theability of a capacitor tostorecharge andtherefore energy
units Farads F
potentialdifference
theamount of charge a capacitor can store
SVC depends on thevoltage applied sv and the
charge on oneplate1
g capacitance
capacitor'sphysical characteristics C

physicalcharacteristics of a parallelplate capacitor

q areaof 12
d aplate Eo permittivity offreespace 8.85 10 NIM
9 c Eof
d plateseparation

note capacitance is defined as the amount of charge storedpervolt c Iv however

this equation canbe misleading Thecapacitance is only determined by its physical
characteristics C Eo
Ald Thismeans if EoA d are notchanged Cis constantFather if
we change thevoltage sv this willnotchange thecapacitancebutthecharge q stored will
change
electric field in a capacitor

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d
dielectric a material placed between the plates of a capacitor that increases the
effective capacitance
dielectric
q q Effanoiditeafgenic KE
Effhaohittaanielectric
c a co
q c co dielectric
constant
Co C
dielectric constant K I
electric fieldstrength is smallerwith adielectric
electric electricfield
with a dielectric
fieldin
vacuum
Eo K E
energystored in a capacitor
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