Capacitance Flashcards

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What is Capacitance?

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The amount of charge that can be stored per unit Potenial difference

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What equation is the definition of Capacitance?

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Capacitance = Charge / Potential Difference
C = Q/V
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What are the Units and Symbol of Capacitance?

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Symbol: C
Units: Farad (F)

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Why are Capacitors generally measured in μF ?

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Because one Farad is a very large amount

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What is the total charge of a Capacitor?

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Zero

Conservation of charge means that the opposite chrges must be created in equal quanity

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What is Relative Permittivity?

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The ratio of a materials permittivity to that of free space

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What is Permittivity?

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How difficult it is to generate an electric field in a medium

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What can Relative Permitivitty also be known as?

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Dielectric Constant

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9
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What is a Dielectric?

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insulator

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How do Dielectric relate to Capacitors?

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Dielectrics are placed between the two plates of a capacitor

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What is the equation of Relative Permittivity?

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ε(r) = ε(of material) / ε(0)

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How do Polar Molecules reduce an E-field?

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Tge E-field of a polar molecules aligns against the larger E-field. Reducing the resultant E-field

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What is the equation for Capacitance with a Dielectric?

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Capacitance = Area x ε(0) x ε(of material) / Distance of seperation
C= Aε(of material)ε(0)/d
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14
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What equation should be used if a Capacitor is disharged at a constant current?

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CV= It

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What are uses of Capacitors?

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Measuring small time intervals
Quickly discharging charge in a defibrilator
Tuning circuits
Smoothing AC → DC power supplies

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16
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What are the equations for Energy in a Capacitor?

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Energy = 0.5 x Charge x p.d = 0.5 Capacitance p.d² = 0.5 x Charge²/Capacitance
E = 0.5QV = 0.5CV² = 0.5Q²/C
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17
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What is the Gradient if pd is on th X axis and Q is on the Y axis?

A

Capacitance

18
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What is the Energy on a Q-V graph

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The area between the line and Charge axis

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What is the Gradient if pd is on th Y axis and Q is on the X axis?

A

1/Capacitance

20
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Why is only half the energy of the circuit in the Capacitor?

A

The other half is lost thermally due to resistance

21
Q

What is present in a Chargeing Circuit of a Capacitor?

A
Power Supply (battery, mains, cell)
Resistor
Capacitor
Ammeter
Voltmeter
22
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What is present in a Discharging Circuit of a Capacitor?

A

Resistor (to create load)
Capacitor
Ammeter
Voltmeter

23
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What shape is Capacitor Current-time, Charge and Discharge graph?

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Charge:
Exponetial decay from maximum current
Discharge:
Exponential decay towards zero from negative maximum current

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What shape is Capacitor V(r)-time, Charge and Discharge graph?

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Charge:
Exponetial decay from EMF
Discharge:
Exponential decay towards zero from negative EMF

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What shape is Capacitor V(c)-time, Charge and Discharge graph?
Charge: 1-e curve toward maximum EMF Discharge: Exponential decay from maximum positive EMF
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What shape is Capacitor Q(c)-time, Charge and Discharge graph?
Charge: 1-e curve toward maximum Q Discharge: Exponential decay from maximum positive Q
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What is the gradient of a Charge-Time graph?
Current
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What is the area under a Current-Time graph?
Charge
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What is the Shape of a graph on the combined p.d of both the Resistor and Capacitor?
Charge: Constant at EMF Discharge: Constant at 0 (as no overall p.d )
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What happens to the Discharge time if supply p.d is doubled?
Discharge time is unaffected
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What happens to the Discharge time if the Capacitor was doubled?
Discharge time is doubled | twice as long to remove twice the amount of charge
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What happens to the Discharge time if the Resistance was doubled?
Discharge time is doubled | as half the current, half the rate of charge
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What is the equation for Charge on a Discharging Capacitor as a function of time?
Q=Q(0) x e^(-t/RC) | Q(0) = maximum charge
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What is the equation for p.d on a Discharging Capacitor as a function of time?
V=V(0) x e^(-t/RC) | V(0) = maximum p.d
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What is the equation for Current on a Discharging Capacitor as a function of time?
I=I(0) x e^(-t/RC) | I(0) = maximum I
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What is the equation for Charge on a Charging Capacitor as a function of time?
``` Q = Q(0) x (1-e^(-t/RC)) Q(0) = Maximum Charge ```
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What is the equation for p.d on a Charging Capacitor as a function of time?
``` V = V(0) x (1-e^(-t/RC)) V(0) = Maximum p.d ```
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What is the equation for Current on a Charging Capacitor as a function of time?
``` I = I(0) x (1-e^(-t/RC)) I(0) = Maximum Current ```
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What is the Time Constant?
The time taken for the Charge(or Current or p.d) to reduce to 1/e of its initial amount
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What is 1/e roughly equal to?
0.37
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What is the relationship between Half Life and Time Constant?
T(0.5) ≈ 0.69τ
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What is the Units and Symbol for Time Constant?
Symbol: τ Units: ΩF or s