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What is the definition of a Teflon capacitor?
A teflon capacitor uses teflon as the dielectric, or insulator, between plates.
If the acceleration of a charged particle between plates in a plate capacitor is a at halfway between the plates why will the particle experience the same acceleration when its 1 quarter of the way?
Because the field between plates in a capacitor is homogenous. It has the same strength in every point of the field.
What is the principle of capacitor?
The simplest capacitor is just two parallel metal plates, not touching. When a battery is connected across the plates, the plates become charged, with electric charges sitting facing each other, positive ones on the positive plate and negative on the negative. When the battery is removed, the charges stay where they are so the capacitor is a way to store electric charge and energy, a bit like a rechargeable battery. Supposing the battery was 1 v and the charge is +1 coulomb on one plate and -1 coulomb on the other. That means the capacitor has a capacitance of 1 Farad. The amount of charge a capacitor can store is given by the formula Q = CxV in other words the charge is the capacitance times the voltage. So a large capacitance can store more charge for the same voltage. With the 2-plate capacitor the capacitance increases if the plates are bigger and also if they are closer together. Larger capacitance can be produced by using two sets of interleaved plates. Each set has all its plates connected together, and there is dielectric insulation between all the plates.
What is the difference between capacitor and conductor?
A conductor is a material that possesses free charge carriers capable of transferring an electrical charge. A capacitor is a discrete device in which two conducting plates sandwich an electrolytic wafer. The purpose of a capacitor is to store a charge for a finite amount of time.
What are the methods to find capacitance of a capacitor?
You could measure it with a Capacitance meter. Or you could use the formula:In a parallel plate capacitor, capacitance is directly proportional to the surface area of the conductor plates and inversely proportional to the separation distance between the plates. If the charges on the plates are +q and −q, and V gives the voltage between the plates, then the capacitance C is given byFor further info on the total value of capacitance in series or parallel, Google it.
How are capacitors made?
A capacitor, in its simplest form, is two conductive plates separated by a dielectric.
Charge buildup between the plates of a capacitor stops when?
Charge buildup between the plates of a capacitor stops when the current flow through the capacitor goes to zero.
A 5 uf capacitor has 5x10 -4 coulombs a charge stored in its plates find the voltage across the capacitor?
A5uf capacitor has 5*10-4 coulombs of charge stored on its plates
Does a magnetic fIEld have an effect on a capacitor placed in between the plates?
Does a magnetic field have an effect on a capacitor when it is placed between the plates? Yes, a magnetic field between the plates of a capacitor would have some effect. Without more information it is difficult to determine how much.
What is the definition of a Teflon capacitor?
A teflon capacitor uses teflon as the dielectric, or insulator, between plates.
What is the meaning of a capacitor been shorten?
A shorted capacitor is one where the gap between the plates is damaged, and the plates are touching each other, creating a short circuit.
When a capacitor is neutralized where does excess charge go back to?
A capacitor is "charged" when the charge on the two plates is not the same. When you neutralize or "discharge" the capacitor you are transferring charge back to the low plate, so that the charge on both plates is the same.
How a capacitor store charge?
by using capacitor plates. The length,area ,thickness and type of the plate determines the amount of charge a capacitor can store.
An air capacitor is a?
And air capacitor is usually a motion capacitor whereby plates mesh to form a different capacitance using air as dielectric
If you take out the battery in a capacitor before inserting a dielectric will there still be charge on the dielectric?
The charge in a capacitor is between the plates. The dielectric is only an insulator that allows the plates to be very close without touching and discharging the charge. There is no battery in a capacitor.
The charge on the plates of a capacitor is given by the expression?
google is your friend. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitor google is your friend. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitor
What is the use capacitor?
capacitor is charge holding device ,it holds charge on two plates named as +ve and -ve
