Unit 11 · Electric Circuits

Chapter 11.4

Capacitors in Circuits

Close the switch and the capacitor behaves like a plain wire; wait, and it behaves like a broken one. Everything interesting about the circuit happens in between.

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By the end

  1. 01Combine capacitors in series and in parallel into an equivalent capacitance
  2. 02Describe charging and discharging qualitatively, with the time constant marking the pace
  3. 03Compute an RC circuit's currents and charges the instant a switch closes and long after

In unit 11

  1. 11.1Current, Resistance, and Ohm's Law
  2. 11.2Electric Power and Compound Circuits
  3. 11.3Kirchhoff's Rules
  4. 11.4Capacitors in Circuits
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