1 / 10

Capacitors

Capacitors. +. -. Circuit symbol. Large capacitance. Charge, Q (C). Small capacitance. Potential difference across capacitor (V). Experiment: To find how the charge on a capacitor varies with potential difference across it. Charge is directly proportional to potential difference.

heulwen-evans
Download Presentation

Capacitors

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Capacitors + - Circuit symbol

  2. Large capacitance Charge, Q (C) Small capacitance Potential difference across capacitor (V) Experiment: To find how the charge on a capacitor varies with potential difference across it. Charge is directly proportional to potential difference. Q = constant x V Q = CV where C is the capacitance of the capacitor C = Q ÷ V or the gradient of the graph

  3. C = Q V 1 farad (F) equals 1 coulomb (C) per volt (V) Careful as C is for coulombs and capacitance 1 Farad is a very large unit so smaller units are often used. µF micro farad x10 -6 nF nano farad x10 -9 pF Pico farad x10 -12

  4. Charge (C) Potential difference across capacitor (V) Energy stored in the capacitor equals the are under the QV graph = ½QV As E = ½ QV and Q = CV show that:- E = ½CV2 and E = ½Q2 C Tutorial Questions p67 Qu 7 to 14

  5. V V Large resistance Large capacitance t t Current / A Current / A Max I Max I Large capacitance Large resistance Max I Time / s 60 60 Time / s How a capacitor charges and discharges click here Max V is supply voltage Max I = V ÷ R

  6. Charging and discharging a capacitor

  7. A capacitor – Current and and A.C. Current frequency Current is directly proportional to frequency

  8. A resistor – Current and and A.C. Current frequency Current is not dependant on frequency

  9. Uses of a capacitor This capacitor passes AC signals but blocks DC signals. Used between the stages of an audio system to pass on the audio signal (AC) without any steady voltage (DC) which may be present. 1. 2. This capacitor blocks AC and lets DC through. Used in audio systems to remove high frequency hiss.

  10. Neon bulb 3. Camera flash 4. To smooth a voltage which rectifies (changes) AC to DC Tutorial Questions 15 to 23 and SAQs to page28

More Related