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What is the phase angle between voltage and current in a purely capacitive circuit?
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Current leads voltage (or voltage lags current) by 90° in a purely capacitive circuit. Try to remember it this way: capacitors resist change in voltage, hence the voltage lags (they resist voltage change because the voltage first goes to charging up the electric field in the capacitor).
Inductors resist change in current (energy in an inductor is in the form of magnetic fields, which are caused by the current through the wire). Remember an inductor is a coil (like an electromagnet, or a transformer).
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In a capacitive AC circuit the current is?
leading the voltage.
In a purely resistive ac circuit the current and voltage?
Voltage and current will be in phase for a purely resistive load. As a load becomes more inductive or capacitive, the phase angle between voltage and current will increase.
What is meant by lagging and leading circuit?
The terms, 'lagging' and 'leading', describe the relationship between a circuit's load current and supply voltage. They describe whether the load current waveform is leading or lagging the supply voltage -always the current, never the voltage. Inductive loads always cause the current to lag the supply voltage, whereas capacitive loads always cause the current to lead the supply voltage.
What is the frequency of the power waveform in capacitive circuit?
The frequency of the power waveform in a capacitive circuit, or for that matter, an inductive circuit, is the same as the input voltage or current. Its just that the current leads the voltage (capacitor) or lags the voltage (inductor) by a phase angle, the cosine of which is the power factor. It does not matter how many sine waves you have, or what their phase angle is; if they all have the same frequency, the resultant, by Fourier analysis, is still a sine wave of the same frequency.
What is the phase angle between voltage and current in a purely resistive circuit?
The phase angle between voltage and current in a purely resistive circuit is zero. Voltage and current are in phase with each other.
In a capacitive AC circuit the current is?
leading the voltage.
How many degrees are the current and voltage out of phase in a pure capacitive circuit?
In a pure (ideal) capacitive circuit, current leads voltage by 90 degrees.
What happens to current flow in a capacitive circuit in comparison to voltage?
The current leads the voltage by 90degree....
What is a capacitive reactive circuit?
A circuit that has only a capacitor in it. Or the net reactance is below zero, making it capacitive. The current leads the voltage in a negative (capacitive) reactive circuit.
A circuit with a lagging current means the circuit is?
Inductive. Voltage (E) leads current (I) in an inductive (L) circuit and current (I) leads voltage (E) in a capacitive (C) circuit. (ELI the ICEman)
In a purely resistive ac circuit the current and voltage?
Voltage and current will be in phase for a purely resistive load. As a load becomes more inductive or capacitive, the phase angle between voltage and current will increase.
What is a reactive circuit?
A circuit that has only a capacitor in it. Or the net reactance is below zero, making it capacitive. The current leads the voltage in a negative (capacitive) reactive circuit.
Why is capacitive voltage higher than inductive voltage in an R-L-C circuit?
It isn't necessarily so. The capacitive voltage is the product of the current and capacitive reactance, while the inductive voltage is the product of the current and the inductive reactance. So it depends whether the capacitive reactance is greater or smaller than the inductive reactance!
What is it mean to say that an alternating current leads or lags an alternating emf?
It is another way of saying that the circuit is capacitive reactive circuit. Look up the mnemonic ELI the ICE man. ELI, voltage leads the current in an inductive circuit. ICE, current leads the voltage in a capacitive circuit.
What is the applied voltage to a resistive capacitive circuit?
this is the amount of voltage a circuit can hold.
In a series RLC circuit at frequencies above resonance is the circuit capacitive or inductive?
in series you XL, voltage leads the current, and in Parallel current leads the voltage. so your answer should reflect on this theory.
A capacitive device in a single phase ac circuit causes the current waves to?
Lead the voltage waves
