Capacitance
K7-15: CURRENT IN RC CIRCUIT?
Category: K7 RLC Circuits
Purpose:
Demonstrate charging of a capacitor in a possibly counterintuitive way.
K4-06: MAGNETOELECTRIC GENERATOR WITH CAPACITOR
Category: K4 Motors and Generators
Purpose:
Demonstrate that the generator is producing electrical energy, and that the capacitor stores electrical energy; also that a generator can run in reverse as a motor.
J4-43: CAPACITORS IN SERIES AND PARALLEL WITH PROJECTION METER
Category: J4 Capacitance and Polarization
Purpose:
Illustrate voltage relations in series and parallel capacitor circuits.
J4-42: CAPACITORS IN SERIES AND PARALLEL
Category: J4 Capacitance and Polarization
Purpose:
Demonstrate the voltage/charge/capacitance relationships in series and parallel capacitor circuits.
J4-24: FORCE ON DIELECTRIC IN ELECTRIC FIELD
Category: J4 Capacitance and Polarization
Purpose:
Demonstrate the force on a dielectric in an electric field.
J4-23: POLARIZATION OF DIELECTRIC - DISSECTIBLE LEYDEN JAR
Category: J4 Capacitance and Polarization
Purpose:
Demonstrate that energy is stored in a capacitor as charge separation in the dielectric.
J4-21: COLOR FILTER MODEL OF CHARGED DIELECTRIC
Category: J4 Capacitance and Polarization
Purpose:
Represent charge separation in a capacitor dielectric.
J4-03: PARALLEL PLATE CAPACITOR - SERIES CAPACITORS
Category: J4 Capacitance and Polarization
Purpose:
Demonstrate the effect of capacitors in series.
J4-41: CAPACITORS
Category: J4 Capacitance and Polarization
Purpose:
Display a variety of capacitors
J4-32 DISCHARGE OF CAPACITOR WITH BANG
Category: J4 Capacitance and Polarization
Purpose:
Demonstrates that capacitors store electrical energy
J4-31 ENERGY STORED IN A CAPACITOR
Category: J4 Capacitance and Polarization
Purpose:
Demonstrates that energy is stored in a capacitor and how that energy may be used
J4-22 PARALLEL PLATE CAPACITOR WITH DIELECTRIC
Category: J4 Capacitance and Polarization
Purpose:
Demonstrates that inserting a dielectric into a capacitor increases the capacitance
J4-04 PARALLEL PLATE CAPACITOR - IONIZATION OF AIR
Category: J4 Capacitance and Polarization
Purpose:
Demonstrates the mobility of ions
J4-01 PARALLEL PLATE CAPACITOR
Category: J4 Capacitance and Polarization
Purpose:
Demonstrates that potential difference across a capacitor is proportional to the plate separation
J2-13 PLASMA MACHINE - EYE OF THE STORM
Purpose:
Demonstrates electrostatic discharge