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Today 3/31. Circuits Current Potential (same as always) Capacitance (energy and in circuits) HW: 3/31 “Circuits 4” Due Thursday 4/3 Exam 3 Thursday, 4/3 5-7 pm 116 Witmer Other room to be announced. . R. C. Lab: RC Circuits.
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Today 3/31 • Circuits • Current • Potential (same as always) • Capacitance (energy and in circuits) • HW: 3/31 “Circuits 4” Due Thursday 4/3 • Exam 3 Thursday, 4/3 5-7 pm 116 WitmerOther room to be announced.
R C Lab: RC Circuits • RC Circuits (circuits with resistor and a capacitor in series) • Current flows only while the capacitor charges up. The time to charge up depends on the product RC. Can also discharge the capacitor
Exam 3 • Parallel plate problem • Conceptual circuit problem (bulbs) • Resistor circuit problem (find current and voltage) • Capacitor problem (with resistors?)
Loop Rule (voltage) • The sum of all voltages around any closed loop is always zero. (what goes up must come down) • or VA,A = 0 • !!must keep track of ups and downs!! (+/-) • Across capacitors, resistors, and batteries
Kirchhoff’s Rules, Junction • The sum of all currents at any junction is zero. (what goes in must come out) • !!must keep track of ins and outs!! (+/-) • Current only flows into and out of capacitors while charging and discharging. No current after enough time has passed through capacitors.
Homework 100 R1=20 30F R1=20 15V
6 12 V 12 V 6F 6F Capacitors with Resistors Will current flow when the switch is closed? Yes, but only for an instant until the capacitor is charged. Yes, but it will take longer to charge the capacitor.
6 12 V 12 V 6F 6F Capacitors with Resistors Describe current and voltage long after the switch has been closed. No current, 12 V across the capacitor. Loop rule still applies!V = IR for resistors still applies! No current, 12 V across the capacitor, zero V across the resistor.
Capacitors with Resistors Describe current and voltage long after the switch has been closed. 2 Amps through the battery and both resistors. 2 12 V Loop rule still applies!V = IR for resistors still applies! 6F 4 4 V across 2 and 8 V across the capacitor and 4
Charging Capacitors in Series The same amount of charge that enters one side of a capacitor, leaves the other.
Charging Capacitors in Series The same amount of charge that enters one side of a capacitor, leaves the other.
Charging Capacitors in Series The same amount of charge that enters one side of a capacitor, leaves the other.
Charging Capacitors in Series The same amount of charge that enters one side of a capacitor, leaves the other.
Charging Capacitors in Series The same amount of charge that enters one side of a capacitor, leaves the other.
Charging Capacitors in Series The same amount of charge that enters one side of a capacitor, leaves the other.
Charging Capacitors in Series The same amount of charge that enters one side of a capacitor, leaves the other.
Charging Capacitors in Series The same amount of charge that enters one side of a capacitor, leaves the other. Capacitors in series will always have the same charge on them. (what goes around, comes around) Current will flow until the sum of the voltages across the capacitors equals the battery voltage. (loop rule) This is true even if they are not of equal capacitance!
Capacitors in Series Find the charge on each capacitor and the voltage across each capacitor. The battery is 30V. They are in series so the charge on each is the same. 1 25F Capacitance means “coulombs per volt” so the one with twice the capacitance has half the volts. 2 50F V1 = 20V, V2 = 10V, Q1 = 500C, Q2 = 500C
1 2 25F 50F Capacitors in Parallel Find the charge on each capacitor and the voltage across each capacitor. The battery is 30V. They are in parallel so the voltage across each is the same, each equal to 30V. Q1 = 750C, Q2 = 1500C
Series and Parallel • Objects in series have the same current through them. This is why capacitors in series always have the same charge on them. • Objects in parallel have the same voltage across them.
Ohm’s law, loops & junctions • V = IR true for entire circuits as well as individual elements. • Voltage changes summed around anyclosed loop equal zero. • Current divides and combines at junctions like water in pipes. What enters the junction must also leave.