Capatitours

This lab students had been testing capacitors and try to understand their usage. A capacitor, also known as condenser, is a electrical component that has the ability to store energy, electrostatic energy. Capacitors are presented in various forms and sizes where the capacity of storing energy also varies with the size of it.

This photo shows the relationship between capacitors in parallel and in series. Comparing with a resistance, capacitors are calculated differently when they are in parallel; in this case, the total energy storage on a capacitor is the sum of the all the energy storage on each capacitor within the circuit. Whereas, the total energy storage on a circuit that is in parallel, is the inverse sum of the individuals capacitors within the circuit. 

In a parallel or series circuit, we don't have intensity, but  charge, since a capacitor is storage device in a circuit. With a parallel circuit, the total electric potential is equal throughout the circuit, and the total charge, is the sum of the individuals charges from each capacitor. In a circuit that is presented in series, the total the electric potential is the sum of the individuals electric potential on each capacitor, and the total charge is the same the each capacitor can storage.    

The first photo represents how a capacitor behaves when it is been charged or discharged. the lower photo, at the upper right side, are the graphs that represent each one. The bottom graph represent the capacitor being discharge, the line going down, or charge, the line going up. The top graph represents the intensity of the capacitor. Notes that even being charging or discharging, the intensity becomes stay steady after a a while. This is because the electric potential will also be constant because it reaches its maximum or zero electric potential charge.