Explaining Capacities

July 9, 2012 - 5th Meeting of Physics 102.1 Lab

After exploring the concept of Resistance and Kirchhoff's Rules, we are to examine the practical use of a capacitor, together with its properties and parts. We are given a parallel plate capacitor, in which we have to dissect to inspect the parts. However, breaking this kind of capacitor is no easy task; we had to use several sharp tools to unwind the metal sheets that are bound inside the material. 

Consequently, we are asked to provide a circuit schematic diagram, composed of different capacitor configurations: series and parallel, and then apply the result to an actual experiment. We had a hard time accomplishing the task, considering that awkward moment when we had no working breadboard. All we had to do instead was to entangle each wire of the capacitors to another to observe and collect data. Nevertheless, the job we did was complete yet subtle.

This is the first part of Experiment 4. Next week, we are about to observe the purpose of a capacitor in an RC circuit.