Capacitance Flashcards

1
Q

How is the charge stored on a capacitor related to the capacitance of the capacitor and the potential difference across the capacitor?

A

The charge equals the product of the capacitance and the potential difference

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When a battery charges a capacitor, what happens to the conduction electrons?

A

electrons leave the plate that becomes the positively charged; electrons enter the plate that becomes negatively charged

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Which do we do to find the equivalent of capacitors in series?

A

We sum the inverse of each capacitance and then invert the sum

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4
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What is true about capacitors in parallel?

A

They have the same potential difference

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5
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Which is true about the equivalent of capacitors in parallel?

A

The equivalent capacitance is more than the largest value of the individual capacitances

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Which is true about the equivalent of capacitors in series?

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The equivalent capacitances is less than the smallest value of the individual capacitances

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If we were to gradually charge a capacitor by transferring charge from one plate to the other, which describes the work per unit charge required of us?

A

It gradually increases from start to end.

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If we were to gradually charge a capacitor by transferring charge from one plate to the other, which describes the action of the electric field between the plates?

A

It resists our transfer of charge.

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9
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How does the amount of energy stored in a capacitor depend on the capacitance?

A

It is proportional to the capacitance.

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10
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What happens to the amount of energy stored in a capacitor as we increase the potential difference between the plates?

A

It increases.

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Capacitance depends on only geometry of capacitor

A

shape and size of plates, and their separation distance.

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A battery transfers electrons from one plate to the other until the capacitor is fully charged. When the capacitor is fully charged,

A

the plates produce the potential difference that equals the potential difference between terminals of the battery

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13
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A battery maintains

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potential difference between its terminal

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14
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Equivalent capacitor

A

a single capacitor that has the same capacitance as a network of capacitors in a circuit

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15
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Capacitors in parallel:

A

Capacitors are directly wired together at one plate and directly wired together at the other plate
- same potential across each capacitor

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16
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Capacitors in series:

A

Capacitors are wired serially, one after the other. Charge stored on each capacitor is the same.
- q is the same for each capacitor

17
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In series, two networks are equivalent if

A

they have the same junction structure

  • same # of junctions
  • 2 circuits split into the same set of capacitors at each junction
18
Q

The energy stored in the capacitor is

A

equal to the work done to charge the capacitor

19
Q

If capacitors are connected in parallel

A

the capacitor with the greatest capacitance stores the greatest amount of energy

20
Q

If capacitors are connected in series

A

the capacitor with the smallest capacitance stores the greatest amount of energy.

21
Q

Where does a capacitor store its energy?

A

In the electric field

22
Q

Dielectric breakdown

A

Any insulating material permits electric conduction if it is subjected to a sufficiently strong electric field.

23
Q

How do we increase capacitance?

A

We fill the space between plates with an insulating material

24
Q

Capacitance depends on

A

the dielectric material between the plates and geometry of capacitor

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Dipole moments of a dielectric
decrease the strength of the electric field by producing an electric field opposes the applied electric field.
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polar dielectric
molecules have permanent dipoles that align with the applied field
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non-polar dielectric
dipole moments are induced by the applied field