11 - Capacitors and Capacitance
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Practice Questions
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What is the formula for capacitance?
💡 Hint: What does C stand for in this equation?
What unit is capacitance measured in?
💡 Hint: It's a common unit you encounter in electronics.
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Interactive Quizzes
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What is the unit of capacitance?
💡 Hint: Think about the fundamental unit for charge storage.
True or False: Increasing the distance between capacitor plates increases capacitance.
💡 Hint: How does distance affect the storage capacity in the formula?
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Challenge Problems
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A capacitor originally has a capacitance of 8 µF. If a dielectric with a constant of 4 is added, what is the new capacitance?
💡 Hint: Remember to apply the dielectric constant to the original capacitance.
If you have a 150 µF capacitor charged to 25 V, how much energy is stored in the capacitor?
💡 Hint: Use the energy formula that involves capacitance and voltage.
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