Exam 16: Capacitors and Capacitance

The time taken for a capacitor to fully charge is five times the __________ of a capacitive circuit

A capacitor will stop charging, when the potential difference across its plates reaches the same __________ as the external supply

By convention, the 'charge' on a capacitor is the amount of __________ charge accumulated on its __________ plate, expressed in coulombs

The effect of an increasing displacement current is to __________ the electric field within the dielectric

The term, 'displacement current' describes the way in which the dielectric's __________ whenever the potential-difference across a capacitor's plates changes

A dielectric's dielectric strength __________ to its absolute permittivity

The capacitance of a capacitor is directly proportional to the

When calculating total capacitance, capacitors in __________ are treated like resistors in __________

During 'charging', a capacitor will transfer __________ from one plate to the other

The __________ of the dielectric will have a great impact on the capacitance of a capacitor

Capacitors are named according to their

Energy supplied to a capacitor is stored

The voltage rating of a capacitor is generally expressed as a __________

A charging capacitor will aquire the __________ polarity __________ the external supply voltage

Doubling the area of overlap of the plates of a capacitor will __________ its capacitance

A capacitor is a device that will store

Halving the distance between the plates of a capacitor will __________ its capacitance

A capacitor always acts to oppose any change in

A __________ in a capacitor's displacement current will act to __________ its capacitance