PHYS: Lesson 4

Property of an object to store electric energy or electric charge.

• Capacitance

• Capacitor

• Dielectric

It is defined as the ratio of the magnitude of the charge on either conductor to the potential difference between the conductors.

• Capacitance

• Capacitor

• Dielectric

It is a passive two-terminal electrical component that stores potential energy in an electric field.

• Capacitance

• Capacitor

• Dielectric

It is composed of two conducting plates separated with a distance d.

• Capacitance

• Capacitor

• Dielectric

When charged, the conductors carry charges of equal magnitude and opposite signs.

• Capacitance

• Capacitor

• Dielectric

An insulator place between the parallel plates of a capacitor to increase the capacitance.

• Capacitance

• Capacitor

• Dielectric

Voltage: The sum of the potential difference across each capacitor is equal to the terminal voltage.

• Series

• Parallel

Charge: The total charge is equal to each individual charges gained by each capacitors.

• Series

• Parallel

Capacitance: The equivalent capacitance of a series combination is lesser than any individual capacitor in the combination.

• Series

• Parallel

Voltage: The potential difference across the capacitors is the same, and each is equal to the voltage of the battery

• Series

• Parallel