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Code Number: 5C10.10
Demo Title: Demo Capacitors
Condition: Good
Principle: Dependence of Distance & Surface Area For Variable Capacitors
Area of Study: Electricity & Magnetism
Equipment:
Gang capacitors assorted, Demo capacitors assorted, Capacitor material.
Procedure:
These capacitors are mainly for demonstration so no advanced preparation is required.
The capacitor material may be passed around the classroom.
References:
- Rhett Herman, "Simple Ways to Make Real Capacitors", TPT, Vol. 52, #8, Nov. 2014, p. 482.
- Brian Lamore, "What a Broken Radio Can Teach Us About Capacitors", TPT, Vol. 46, #9, Dec. 2008, p. 554.
- Biswajit Ray, "When Is a Capacitor NOT a Capacitor?", TPT, Vol. 44, #2, Feb. 2006, p. 106.
- A. John Mallinckrodt, "Time Scale", TPT, Vol. 31, #6, Sept. 1993, p. 325.
- Raymond P. Mayer and John R. Jeffries, "Capacitor - Hydraulic Analogy", TPT, Vol. 31, #5, May 1993, p. 260.
- A. P. French, "Are the Textbook Writers Wrong About Capacitors?", TPT, Vol. 31, #3, Mar. 1993, p. 136.
- R. G. Newburgh, "Capacitors, Water Bottles, and Kirchhoff's Loop Rule", TPT, Vol. 31, #1, Jan. 1993, p. 16.
- Robert A. Morse and Diego Enciso, "The Flexible Capacitor: An Electrostatic Demonstration Using Batteries", TPT, Vol. 30, #1, Jan. 1992, p. 22.
- Borislaw Bilash II and David Maiullo, "Dissect a Capacitor", A Demo a Day: A Year of Physics Demonstrations, p. 260.
- Borislaw Bilash II and David Maiullo, "Air Capacitor", A Demo a Day: A Year of Physics Demonstrations, p. 254.
- Borislaw Bilash II and David Maiullo, "Storing the Charge", A Demo a Day: A Year of Physics Demonstrations, p. 249.
- Chris Emery, "Printed Circuit Board Capacitors", TPT, Vol. 31, #4, Apr. 1993, p. 234.
- Forrest M. Mims III, "Super Capacitor", Science and Communication Circuits & Projects, p. 17.