Al Tobias (wat4y) - Office: Gibson S123 & Physics 218, (434) 924-0538
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video - Capacitor DischargePurpose:To show that energy is stored in a capacitor.Procedure: We have two capacitors. A smaller silver 14,000 μF and a larger blue 90,000 μF. Charge the capacitor with the set of 9V batteries (80V). The small one charges up within 3 seconds, the larger one within 10 seconds. Brace yourself, touch one of the capacitor terminals, then with a "switch" like action, swing down the screwdriver to make contact with the other terminal. The large blue capacitor is much louder. Hints:These are polarized capacitors. You must hook the batteries up to the capacitor red to red (pos) and black to black (neg).Equipment:
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