Gravitational and Electric Fields · Spring Term
Capacitance
The study of energy storage in electric fields and the discharging characteristics of capacitors.
Key Questions
- 1How does the dielectric material affect the charge storage capacity of a capacitor?
- 2Why is the discharge of a capacitor modeled by an exponential decay function?
- 3How would an engineer apply capacitor discharge timing to a camera flash circuit?
National Curriculum Attainment Targets
A-Level: Physics - CapacitanceA-Level: Physics - Electric Fields
Year: Year 13
Subject: Physics
Unit: Gravitational and Electric Fields
Period: Spring Term
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