An Experiment to Determine Capacitance |
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The reed switch is operated from a 400 Hz supply. It operates on the forward half cycle, to charge up the capacitor.
We can use I = Q/t to work out the charge going onto the plates. We also know that f = 1/t, so we can combine the two relationships to give I = Qf, therefore Q = I/f Since C = Q/V, we can now write C = I/fV
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