5.4 Capacitors Flashcards by Tom Fox

Q

Capacitance

A

-The charge stored per unit volt
-C= Q/v

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Q

Farad

A

> the capacitance which stores a one-coulomb charge across a p.d of 1 volt

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Time constant

A

The time taken for the p.d /Q /I to fall to 1/e of its initial value, while a capacitor discharges

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