PhysicsCode 9702
Capacitors and capacitance
What this topic asks you to be able to do
- define capacitance, with reference to isolated spherical conductors and parallel plate capacitors alike
- recall and apply the relationship C = Q/V
- derive, starting from C = Q/V, the expressions giving total capacitance for capacitors wired in series and in parallel
- apply the expressions for total capacitance when capacitors are connected in series and when they are connected in parallel