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* * ? Boardworks Ltd 2015 Boardworks A-Level Physics Year 2 Capacitors * * ? Boardworks Ltd 2015 Boardworks A-Level Physics Year 2 Capacitors * * ? Boardworks Ltd 2015 Boardworks A-Level Physics Year 2 Capacitors * of 14 ? Boardworks Ltd 2015 * of 14 ? Boardworks Ltd 2015 * of 14 ? Boardworks Ltd 2015 * of 14 ? Boardworks Ltd 2015 * of 14 ? Boardworks Ltd 2015 * of 14 ? Boardworks Ltd 2015 * of 14 ? Boardworks Ltd 2015 Discovery of the capacitor Capacitance and the farad Capacitance is the ability of a body to hold an electric charge. It may also be described as the amount of electric charge for a given voltage. The standard unit for capacitance is the farad (F) named after Michael Faraday, who was the first to develop capacitors effective enough for practical applications, and to measure the effect of different variables on their capacitance. One farad is the capacitance when a voltage of 1 V appears across a capacitor’s plates when a charge of 1C is stored. circuit symbol for a capacitor Inside a capacitor Do capacitors store charge or energy? It is common to describe a capacitor as a circuit component that ‘stores charge’. What does this mean? When a capacitor is charged, electrons move off one plate and onto the other. What is the overall change in charge? The capacitor remains neutral. There is no net charge stored. However, the charge difference has created an electric field that is capable of moving (doing work on) any other charged particle that is placed between the capacitor plates. The capacitor stores electrical potential energy. uncharged charged Investigating charge and voltage Recording your results The capacitor equation Factors affecting capacitance What factors determine the capacitance of a capacitor? Area – The greater the area of the plates, the more charge can be stored for a particular voltage. Capacitance is proportional to area. Distance – The greater the space between the plates, the less effect they have on each other, so the capacitance