GENERAL PHYSICS

CAPACITORS
ON ELECTRIC
CIRCUITS
MODULE 6
SUBTOPICS
01 INTRO 02 CAPACITORS

5 mins 20 mins

03 CAPACITANCE &
CIRCUITS 04 POP QUIZ

50 mins 15 mins
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02
CAPACITORS
20 MINUTES
 CAPACITORS
Two conducting
A ciruit component plates facing each
that temporarily other but separated
stores charges by an insulator
within the circuit (dielectric)

DEFINITION COMPONENT

FUNCTION FACTORS
The dielectric Area of and the
impedes the distance between
continuous passage conducting
of electric current plates, type of
through a capacitor dielectric
and stores it.
PARALLEL-PLATE CAPACITORS
EASY-TO-UNDERSTAND
Simplest to understand in terms of
construction

COMPOSITION
Two parallel plates are seprated by an
insulator

PROPORTIONALITY
Capacitance = area and distance of the plates
SPHERICAL CAPACITORS
● The other charged body is
the outer spherical
structure.
● The dielectric is placed
between these two spheres.
CYLINDRICAL
CAPACITORS
• Inner and outer
cylindrical structures
correspond to the plates
of the parallel-plate.

• Length of the capacitor =

capacitance
03
CAPACITANCE
AND CIRCUITS
50 MINUTES
CAPACITANCE : GENERAL FORMULA
Q CHARGE

CAPACITANCE
C V VOLTAGE

Amount of charges stored in a capaitor

CAPACITANCE
per unit of electric potential
RECITATION
RECITATION 1 RECITATION 2 RECITATION 3
CAPACITANCE (C) 0.16 F 2.65 x 10-6 F 1.45 x 10-7 F

CHARGE (Q) 5.09 x 104 C 1.86 x 10-8 C 9.43 x 104 C

VOLTAGE (V) 3.22 x 105 V 7.00 x 10-3 V 6.50 x 1011 V

CAPACITANCE: SERIES

qtotal Vtotal 1/Ctotal

q1 = q2 = q3 V1 + V2 + V3 1/C1 + 1/C2
= … + … + 1/C3+ …
 CAPACITANCE: SERIES
Compute the total capacitance, total
charge, V1, V2 and V3 in the circuit
below if the total amount of
voltage all throughout the circuit is
500 V.

qtotal = ?
Vtotal = 500 V
Ctotal = ? C1 = 3.51 X 10-7 F
V1 = ? C2 = 7.54 X 10-7 F

V2 = ? C3 = 6.87 X 10-7 F
V3 = ?
 STEP 1: GET THE Ctotal
qtotal = ? V3 = ?
Vtotal = 500 V C1 = 3.51 X 10-7 F
Ctotal = ? C2 = 7.54 X 10-7 F
V1 = ?
C3 = 6.87 X 10-7 F
V2 = ?

1/Ctotal = 1/C1 + 1/C2 + 1/C3

1/Ctotal = 1/3.51 X 10-7 F + 1/7.54 X 10-7 F + 1/6.87 X 10-7 F
1/Ctotal = 1/5,630,866.872 F

Ctotal = 1.78 X 10-7 F

STEP 2: GET THE GET THE qtotal
qtotal = ? V3 = ?
Vtotal = 500 V C1 = 3.51 X 10-7 F
Ctotal = 1.78 X 10-7 F C2 = 7.54 X 10-7 F
V1 = ?
C3 = 6.87 X 10-7 F
V2 = ?

qtotal = Ctotal x Vtotal

qtotal = (1.78 X 10-7 C/V) (500 V)
Q
qtotal = 8.90 X 10-5 C C V
 STEP 3: GET THE INDIVIDUAL VOLTAGES
qtotal = 8.90 X 10-5 C V3 = ?
Vtotal = 500 V C1 = 3.51 X 10-7 F
Ctotal = 1.78 X 10-7 F C2 = 7.54 X 10-7 F
V1 = ?
C3 = 6.87 X 10-7 F
V2 = ?
V1 = q1/C1 =8.90 X 10-5 C / 3.51 X 10-7 F
V1 = 253.56 V
Q
V2 = q2/C2 =8.90 X 10-5 C / 7.54 X 10-7 F
V2 = 118.04 V
V3 = q3/C3 =8.90 X 10-5 C / 6.87 X 10 F
-7
C V
V3 = 129.55 V
RECITATION 1: SERIES
qtotal = ?
Vtotal = 1500 V
Ctotal = ?
V1 = ?
V2 = ?
V3 = ?
C1 = 8.02 X 10-12 F
C2 = 7.07 X 10-12 F
C3 = 2.83 X 10-12 F
RECITATION 2: SERIES
qtotal = ?
Vtotal = 1000 V
Ctotal = ?
V1 = ?
V2 = ?
V3 = ?
C1 = 1.11 X 10-6 F
C2 = 2.22 X 10-6 F
C3 = 3.33 X 10-6 F
CAPACITANCE: PARALLEL

qtotal Vtotal Ctotal

q1 + q2 + q3 V1 = V2 = V3 C1 + C2 + C3
+ … = … + …
 CAPACITANCE: PARALLEL
Compute the total amount of charges,
q1, q2 and q3 in the circuit below if
the total amount of voltage running
throughout the circuit is 500 V.

qtotal = ?
Vtotal = 500 V
Ctotal = ? C1 = 4.56 X 10-7 F
q1 = ? C2 = 3.67 X 10-7 F

q2 = ? C3 = 7.12 X 10-7 F
q3 = ?
 STEP 1: GET Ctotal
qtotal = ?
Vtotal = 500 V C1 = 4.56 X 10-7 F
Ctotal = ? C2 = 3.67 X 10-7 F
q1 = ? C3 = 7.12 X 10-7 F
q2 = ?
q3 = ?
Ctotal = C1 + C2 + C3
Ctotal = 4.56 X 10-7 F + 3.67 X 10-7 F + 7.12 X 10-7 F

Ctotal = 1.54 X 10-6 F

 STEP 2: GET qtotal
qtotal = ? C1 = 4.56 X 10-7 F
Vtotal = 500 V C2 = 3.67 X 10-7 F
Ctotal = 1.54 X 10-6 F
C3 = 7.12 X 10-7 F
q1 = ?
q2 = ?
q3 = ?
qtotal = Ctotal x Vtotal
Q
qtotal = (1.54 X 10-6 F) (500 V)

qtotal = 7.70 X 10-4 C

C V
 STEP 3: GET THE INDIVIDUAL CHARGES
qtotal = 7.70 X 10-4 C C1 = 4.56 X 10-7 F
Vtotal = 500 V C2 = 3.67 X 10-7 F
Ctotal = 1.54 X 10-6 F
C3 = 7.12 X 10-7 F
q1 = ? q2 = ? q3 = ?

q1 = C1V1 =(4.56 X 10-7 F) (500 V)

q1 = 2.28 X 10-4 F
q2 = C2V2 =(3.67 X 10-7 F) (500 V)
Q
q2 = 1.84 X 10-4 F
q3 = C3V3 =(7.12 X 10-7 F) (500 V)
q3 = 3.56 X 10-4 F
C V
RECITATION 1: PARALLEL
qtotal = ?
Vtotal = 1000 V
Ctotal = ?
q1 = ?
q2 = ?
q3 = ?
C1 = 4.44 X 10-5 F
C2 = 5.55 X 10-5 F
C3 = 6.66 X 10-5 F
RECITATION 2: PARALLEL
qtotal = ?
Vtotal = 1500 V
Ctotal = ?
q1 = ?
q2 = ?
q3 = ?
C1 = 7.88 X 10-9 F
C2 = 1.98 X 10-9 F
C3 = 3.04 X 10-9 F
CHOOSE THE
COLOR
OF THE BEST
ANSWER.
QUESTION 1

blue red green

batteries dielectric conductor

This is the material that separates the two

conducting plates in a capacitor.
QUESTION 2

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capacitance voltage amount of
charge

This is the quantity that has the same

values in a capacitors connected in series.
QUESTION 3

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C/V CV V/C

Which of the following units is equivalent

to Farad (F), the unit of capacitance?
QUESTION 4

blue red green

voltage amount of capacitance
charges

This is the quantity that has the same

values in a capacitors connected in
parallel.
QUESTION 5

blue red green

Nothing will It will It will also
happen. decrease. increase.

What will happen to the capacitance of a

conductor if the distance between the two
conducting plates are increased?