11.2 - Capacitance (C)
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What is capacitance?
💡 Hint: Think about how much charge can be stored when a voltage is applied.
What is the SI unit of capacitance?
💡 Hint: Recall the term used to describe how we measure capacitance.
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What is capacitance?
💡 Hint: It's about charge storage in response to voltage.
What units is capacitance measured in?
💡 Hint: Think of the unit name that sounds similar to capacitance.
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A capacitor with an area of 0.1 m² and a separation of 0.005 m has a dielectric constant of 5. Calculate the capacitance.
💡 Hint: Apply the dielectric formula and substitute values correctly.
If a capacitor originally has a capacitance of 6 μF and is charged to 12 volts, then doubled the plate separation without changing anything else, what is the new capacitance?
💡 Hint: Remember how distance affects capacitance.
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