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Exercises - Capacitor

Part 1: Checkbox tasks - Capacitors

- only one is right at a time!


50 µF and an 80 µF capacitor are connected in series. What is the resulting capacity?

 
 
 
 
 

A 50 µF and an 80 µF capacitor are connected in parallel. What is the resulting capacity?

 
 
 
 
 

What is the time constant Ƭ in this series connection shown?

RC in series

RC in series

 
 
 
 
 


Part 2: 

E1: Capacitor connected to DC voltage

A capacitor with a capacitance of C = 4.7 µF is charged via a resistor of 1 kΩ. The following diagram shows the capacitor voltage as a function of time t.

Capacitor in DC Circuit - exercise

Capacitor in DC Circuit - exercise

Determine the time constant of this resistor-capacitor series
Determine the instantaneous current at time t = 0 s
Determine the instantaneous current at time t = 5 ms

Series connection of capacitors - voltage drop

Series connection of capacitors - voltage drop

E2: Series connection of capacitors - voltage drop

Three capacitors in series are connected to a DC voltage of 10 V. Calculate the voltages across all 3 capacitors.

 

 

 

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