Date of Submission: 19th March 2015. Abstract: The purpose of this experiment is to investigate the charging and the discharging of a capacitor. In this experiment a capacitor is charged and discharged and the time taken is recorded at equal intervals. Objective: To investigate the charge and the discharge of a capacitor.
This document describes an experiment on charging and discharging of capacitors. It involves using a 100μF capacitor, 1MΩ resistor, 9V battery, and multimeter. The procedure is to connect these components in a circuit and take voltage readings across the capacitor at 20 second intervals as it charges.
The charging and discharging time is one of the crucial factors in the calculation of charge in the device. The charging time of the capacitor is very small and discharging time will be very high. Since we can block the discharging path then the discharging time can be increased to two to three days.
In the simple act of charging or discharging a capacitor, we find a situation in which the currents, voltages and powers do change with time. C! (26) resistor because I = 0. If the switch is closed at t = 0, the capacitor begins to discharge through the resistor. Figure 3. Discharging a capacitor
This accumulating charge gives rise to a voltage difference V across its terminals (plates). In most practical applications, each conductor initially has zero net charge and electrons are transferred from one conductor to the other. This is called charging the capacitor.
In most practical applications, each conductor initially has zero net charge and electrons are transferred from one conductor to the other. This is called charging the capacitor. Then, the two conductors have charges with equal magnitude and opposite sign, and the net charge on the capacitor as a whole remains zero.