Capacitors and Capacitance in Series and Parallel Circuit

Capacitance is defined as the ratio of the charge on a conductor to the potential produced.

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Arjun is studying the capacitance of a spherical conductor in his physics class. He learns that the capacitance depends on both the charge and the potential.

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Liam is studying the properties of materials in his physics class. He learns that the dielectric constant of a material is always greater than 1.

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Ava is working on a physics project and learns that the energy stored in a capacitor is given by U=1/2​CV² .

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Elijah is working on a project that involves connecting several capacitors in series. He wonders if the equivalent capacitance of these capacitors in series is always greater than the largest capacitance in the circuit.

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The dielectric strength of a material is the electric field intensity at which the material becomes a conductor.

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The capacitance of a parallel plate capacitor increases if the distance between the plates is increased.

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The charge on capacitors connected in series is the same for each capacitor.

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Abigail is experimenting with a capacitor in her physics lab. She discovers that the potential energy stored in the capacitor is directly proportional to the square of the voltage across it.

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Mason is conducting an experiment in his physics class. He learns that the dielectric constant K can be expressed as the ratio of the capacitance with the dielectric to the capacitance without the dielectric.

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