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The focus of this chapter is on one extremely commonexample—the capacitor, a device in which electrical energy can be stored. For example, the batteries in a camera store energy in the photoflash unit by charging acapacitor. The batteries can supply energy at only a modest rate, too slowly forthe photoflash unit to emit a flash of light. However, once the capacitor ischarged, it can supply energy at a much greater rate when the photoflash unit istriggered—enough energy to allow the unit to emit a burst of bright light.The physics of capacitors can be generalized to other devices and to any situation involving electric fields. For example, Earth’s atmospheric electric field ismodeled by meteorologists as being produced by a huge spherical capacitor thatpartially discharges via lightning. The charge that skis collect as they slide alongsnow can be modeled as being stored in a capacitor that frequently discharges assparks (which can be seen by nighttime skiers on dry snow).The first step in our discussion of capacitors is to determine how muchcharge can be stored.This “how much” is called capacitance.CapacitanceFigure 25-1 shows some of the many sizes and shapes of capacitors. Figure 25-2shows the basic elements of any capacitor—two isolated conductors of any25-1 CAPACITANCEAfter reading this module, you should be able to . . .25.01 Sketch a schematic diagram of a circuit with a parallelplate capacitor, a battery, and an open or closed switch.25.02 In a circuit with a battery, an open switch, and an uncharged capacitor, explain what happens to the conduction electrons when the switch is closed.25.03 For a capacitor, apply the relationship between themagnitude of charge q on either plate (“the charge on thecapacitor”)is completed by closing the switch,conduction electrons shift, leaving the capacitor plates withopposite charges.Learning ObjectivesKey IdeasFigure 25-2 Two conductors, isolated electrically from each other and from their surroundings,form a capacitor.When the capacitor is charged, the charges on the conductors, or plates asthey are called, have the same magnitude q but opposite signs.Figure 25-1 An assortment of capacitors.+q –qPaul Silvermann/Fundamental Photographs718 CHAPTER 25 CAPACITANCEFigure 25-4 (a) Battery B, switch S, and platesh and l of capacitor C, connected in acircuit. (b) A schematic diagram with thecircuit elements represented by theirsymbols.lV +–(b)CBTerminalS(a)+ – BShlChTerminalshape. No matter what their geometry, flat or not, we call these conductorsplates.Figure 25-3a shows a less general but more conventional arrangement, calleda parallel-plate capacitor, consisting of two parallel conducting plates of areaA separated by a distance d. The symbol we use to represent a capacitor () isbased on the structure of a parallel-plate capacitor but is used for capacitors of allgeometries. We assume for the time being that no material medium (such as glassor plastic) is present in the region between the plates. In Module 25-5, we shallremove this restriction.When a capacitor is charged, its plates have charges of equal magnitudes butopposite signs: q and q. However, we refer to the charge of a capacitor asbeing q, the absolute value of these charges on the plates. (Note that q is not thenet charge on the capacitor, which is zero.)Because the plates are conductors, they are equipotential surfaces; all points on aplate are at the same electric potential. Moreover, there is a potential difference between the two plates. For historical reasons, we represent the absolute value of thispotential difference with V rather than with the V we used in previous notation.The charge q and the potential difference V for a capacitor are proportionalto each other; that is,q CV. (25-1)The proportionality constant C is called the capacitance of the capacitor. Itsvalue depends only on the geometry of the plates and not on their charge orpotential difference. The capacitance is a measure of how much charge must beput on the plates to produce a certain potential difference between them: Thegreater the capacitance, the more charge is required.The SI unit of capacitance that follows from Eq. 25-1 is the coulomb per volt.This unit occurs so often that it is given a special name, the farad (F):1 farad 1 F 1 coulomb per volt 1 C/V. (25-2)As you will see, the farad is a very large unit. Submultiples of the farad, such asthe microfarad (1 mF 106 F) and the picofarad (1 pF 1012 F), are moreconvenient units in practice.Charging a CapacitorOne way to charge a capacitor is to place it in an electric circuit with a battery.An electric circuit is a path through which charge can flow. A battery is a devicethat maintains a certain potential difference between its terminals (points atwhich charge can enter or leave the battery) by means of internal electrochemical reactions in which electric forces can move internal charge.In Fig. 25-4a, a battery B, a switch S, an uncharged capacitor C, and interconnecting wires form a circuit. The same circuit is shown in the schematic diagram of Fig. 25-4b, in which the symbols for a battery, a switch, and a capacitorrepresent those devices. The battery maintains potential difference V between itsterminals. The terminal of higher potential is labeled and is often called thepositive terminal; the terminal of lower potential is labeled and is often calledthe negative terminal.Figure 25-3 (a) A parallel-plate capacitor,made up of two plates of area A separatedby a distance d.The charges on the facingplate surfaces have the same magnitude qbut opposite signs. (b) As the field linesshow, the electric field due to the chargedplates is uniform in the central region between the plates.The field is not uniform atthe edges of the plates, as indicated by the“fringing” of the field lines there.Area A VdTop side ofbottomplate hascharge –qA–q+q(a) (b)Bottom side oftop plate hascharge +qElectric field lines719The circuit shown in Figs. 25-4a and b is said to be incomplete becauseswitch S is open; that is, the switch does not electrically connect the wires attached to it. When the switch is closed, electrically connecting those wires, thecircuit is complete and charge can then flow through the switch and the wires.As we discussed in Chapter 21, the charge that can flow through a conductor,such as a wire, is that of electrons. When the circuit of Fig. 25-4 is completed,electrons are driven through the wires by an electric field that the battery setsup in the wires. The field drives electrons from capacitor plate h to the positiveterminal of the battery; thus, plate h, losing electrons, becomes positivelycharged. The field drives just as many electrons from the negative terminal ofthe battery to capacitor plate l; thus, plate l, gaining electrons, becomes negatively charged just as much as plate h, losing electrons, becomes positivelyWhat Is Physics?One goal of physics is to provide the basic science for practical devices designedby engineers. The focus of this chapter is on one extremely commonexample—the capacitor, a device in which electrical energy can be stored. For example, the batteries in a camera store energy in the photoflash unit by charging acapacitor. The batteries can supply energy at only a modest rate, too slowly forthe photoflash unit to emit a flash of light. However, once the capacitor ischarged, it can supply energy at a much greater rate when the photoflash unit istriggered—enough energy to allow the unit to emit a burst of bright light.The physics of capacitors can be generalized to other devices and to any situation involving electric fields. For example, Earth’s atmospheric electric field ismodeled by meteorologists as being produced by a huge spherical capacitor thatpartially discharges via lightning. The charge that skis collect as they slide alongsnow can be modeled as being stored in a capacitor that frequently discharges assparks (which can be seen by nighttime skiers on dry snow).The first step in our discussion of capacitors is to determine how muchcharge can be stored.This “how much” is called capacitance.CapacitanceFigure 25-1 shows some of the many sizes and shapes of capacitors. Figure 25-2shows the basic elements of any capacitor—two isolated conductors of any25-1 CAPACITANCEAfter reading this module, you should be able to . . .25.01 Sketch a schematic diagram of a circuit with a parallelplate capacitor, a battery, and an open or closed switch.25.02 In a circuit with a battery, an open switch, and an uncharged capacitor, explain what happens to the conduction electrons when the switch is closed.25.03 For a capacitor, apply the relationship between themagnitude of charge q on either plate (“the charge on thecapacitor”), the potential difference V between the plates(“the potential across the capacitor”), and the capacitanceC of the capacitor.● A capacitor consists of two isolated conductors (the plates)with charges q and q. Its capacitance C is defined fromq CV,where V is the potential difference between the plates.● When a circuit with a battery, an open switch, and anuncharged capacitor is completed by closing the switch,conduction electrons shift, leaving the capacitor plates withopposite charges.Learning ObjectivesKey IdeasFigure 25-2 Two conductors, isolated electrically from each other and from their surroundings,form a capacitor.When the capacitor is charged, the charges on the conductors, or plates asthey are called, have the same magnitude q but opposite signs.Figure 25-1 An assortment of capacitors.+q –qPaul Silvermann/Fundamental Photographs718 CHAPTER 25 CAPACITANCEFigure 25-4 (a) Battery B, switch S, and platesh and l of capacitor C, connected in acircuit. (b) A schematic diagram with thecircuit elements represented by theirsymbols.lV +–(b)CBTerminalS(a)+ – BShlChTerminalshape. No matter what their geometry, flat or not, we call these conductorsplates.Figure 25-3a shows a less general but more conventional arrangement, calleda parallel-plate capacitor, consisting of two parallel conducting plates of areaA separated by a distance d. The symbol we use to represent a capacitor () isbased on the structure of a parallel-plate capacitor but is used for capacitors of allgeometries. We assume for the time being that no material medium (such as glassor plastic) is present in the region between the plates. In Module 25-5, we shallremove this restriction.When a capacitor is charged, its plates have charges of equal magnitudes butopposite signs: q and q. However, we refer to the charge of a capacitor asbeing q, the absolute value of these charges on the plates. (Note that q is not thenet charge on the capacitor, which is zero.)Because the plates are conductors, they are equipotential surfaces; all points on aplate are at the same electric potential. Moreover, there is a potential difference between the two plates. For historical reasons, we represent the absolute value of thispotential difference with V rather than with the V we used in previous notation.The charge q and the potential difference V for a capacitor are proportionalto each other; that is,q CV. (25-1)The proportionality constant C is called the capacitance of the capacitor. Itsvalue depends only on the geometry of the plates and not on their charge orpotential difference. The capacitance is a measure of how much charge must beput on the plates to produce a certain potential difference between them: Thegreater the capacitance, the more charge is required.The SI unit of capacitance that follows from Eq. 25-1 is the coulomb per volt.This unit occurs so often that it is given a special name, the farad (F):1 farad 1 F 1 coulomb per volt 1 C/V. (25-2)As you will see, the farad is a very large unit. Submultiples of the farad, such asthe microfarad (1 mF 106 F) and the picofarad (1 pF 1012 F), are moreconvenient units in practice.Charging a CapacitorOne way to charge a capacitor is to place it in an electric circuit with a battery.An electric circuit is a path through which charge can flow. A battery is a devicethat maintains a certain potential difference between its terminals (points atwhich charge can enter or leave the battery) by means of internal electrochemical reactions in which electric forces can move internal charge.In Fig. 25-4a, a battery B, a switch S, an uncharged capacitor C, and interconnecting wires form a circuit. The same circuit is shown in the schematic diagram of Fig. 25-4b, in which the symbols for a battery, a switch, and a capacitorrepresent those devices. The battery maintains potential difference V between itsterminals. The terminal of higher potential is labeled and is often called thepositive terminal; the terminal of lower potential is labeled and is often calledthe negative terminal.Figure 25-3 (a) A parallel-plate capacitor,made up of two plates of area A separatedby a distance d.The charges on the facingplate surfaces have the same magnitude qbut opposite signs. (b) As the field linesshow, the electric field due to the chargedplates is uniform in the central region between the plates.The field is not uniform atthe edges of the plates, as indicated by the“fringing” of the field lines there.Area A VdTop side ofbottomplate hascharge –qA–q+q(a) (b)Bottom side oftop plate hascharge +qElectric field lines719The circuit shown in Figs. 25-4a and b is said to be incomplete becauseswitch S is open; that is, the switch does not electrically connect the wires attached to it. When the switch is closed, electrically connecting those wires, thecircuit is complete and charge can then flow through the switch and the wires.As we discussed in Chapter 21, the charge that can flow through a conductor,such as a wire, is that of electrons. When the circuit of Fig. 25-4 is completed,electrons are driven through the wires by an electric field that the battery setsup in the wires. The field drives electrons from capacitor plate h to the positiveterminal of the battery; thus, plate h, losing electrons, becomes positivelycharged. The field drives just as many electrons from the negative terminal ofthe battery to capacitor plate l; thus, plate l, gaining electrons, becomes negatively charged just as much as plate h, losing electrons, becomes positivelyWhat Is Physics?One goal of physics is to provide the basic science for practical devices designedby engineers. The focus of this chapter is on one extremely commonexample—the capacitor, a device in which electrical energy can be stored. For example, the batteries in a camera store energy in the photoflash unit by charging acapacitor. The batteries can supply energy at only a modest rate, too slowly forthe photoflash unit to emit a flash of light. However, once the capacitor ischarged, it can supply energy at a much greater rate when the photoflash unit istriggered—enough energy to allow the unit to emit a burst of bright light.The physics of capacitors can be generalized to other devices and to any situation involving electric fields. For example, Earth’s atmospheric electric field ismodeled by meteorologists as being produced by a huge spherical capacitor thatpartially discharges via lightning. The charge that skis collect as they slide alongsnow can be modeled as being stored in a capacitor that frequently discharges assparks (which can be seen by nighttime skiers on dry snow).The first step in our discussion of capacitors is to determine how muchcharge can be stored.This “how much” is called capacitance.CapacitanceFigure 25-1 shows some of the many sizes and shapes of capacitors. Figure 25-2shows the basic elements of any capacitor—two isolated conductors of any25-1 CAPACITANCEAfter reading this module, you should be able to . . .25.01 Sketch a schematic diagram of a circuit with a parallelplate capacitor, a battery, and an open or closed switch.25.02 In a circuit with a battery, an open switch, and an uncharged capacitor, explain what happens to the conduction electrons when the switch is closed.25.03 For a capacitor, apply the relationship between themagnitude of charge q on either plate (“the charge on thecapacitor”), the potential difference V between the plates(“the potential across the capacitor”), and the capacitanceC of the capacitor.● A capacitor consists of two isolated conductors (the plates)with charges q and q. Its capacitance C is defined fromq CV,where V is the potential difference between the plates.● When a circuit with a battery, an open switch, and anuncharged capacitor is completed by closing the switch,conduction electrons shift, leaving the capacitor plates withopposite charges.Learning ObjectivesKey IdeasFigure 25-2 Two conductors, isolated electrically from each other and from their surroundings,form a capacitor.When the capacitor is charged, the charges on the conductors, or plates asthey are called, have the same magnitude q but opposite signs.Figure 25-1 An assortment of capacitors.+q –qPaul Silvermann/Fundamental Photographs718 CHAPTER 25 CAPACITANCEFigure 25-4 (a) Battery B, switch S, and platesh and l of capacitor C, connected in acircuit. (b) A schematic diagram with thecircuit elements represented by theirsymbols.lV +–(b)CBTerminalS(a)+ – BShlChTerminalshape. No matter what their geometry, flat or not, we call these conductorsplates.Figure 25-3a shows a less general but more conventional arrangement, calleda parallel-plate capacitor, consisting of two parallel conducting plates of areaA separated by a distance d. The symbol we use to represent a capacitor () isbased on the structure of a parallel-plate capacitor but is used for capacitors of allgeometries. We assume for the time being that no material medium (such as glassor plastic) is present in the region between the plates. In Module 25-5, we shallremove this restriction.When a capacitor is charged, its plates have charges of equal magnitudes butopposite signs: q and q. However, we refer to the charge of a capacitor asbeing q, the absolute value of these charges on the plates. (Note that q is not thenet charge on the capacitor, which is zero.)Because the plates are conductors, they are equipotential surfaces; all points on aplate are at the same electric potential. Moreover, there is a potential difference between the two plates. For historical reasons, we represent the absolute value of thispotential difference with V rather than with the V we used in previous notation.The charge q and the potential difference V for a capacitor are proportionalto each other; that is,q CV. (25-1)The proportionality constant C is called the capacitance of the capacitor. Itsvalue depends only on the geometry of the plates and not on their charge orpotential difference. The capacitance is a measure of how much charge must beput on the plates to produce a certain potential difference between them: Thegreater the capacitance, the more charge is required.The SI unit of capacitance that follows from Eq. 25-1 is the coulomb per volt.This unit occurs so often that it is given a special name, the farad (F):1 farad 1 F 1 coulomb per volt 1 C/V. (25-2)As you will see, the farad is a very large unit. Submultiples of the farad, such asthe microfarad (1 mF 106 F) and the picofarad (1 pF 1012 F), are moreconvenient units in practice.Charging a CapacitorOne way to charge a capacitor is to place it in an electric circuit with a battery.An electric circuit is a path through which charge can flow. A battery is a devicethat maintains a certain potential difference between its terminals (points atwhich charge can enter or leave the battery) by means of internal electrochemical reactions in which electric forces can move internal charge.In Fig. 25-4a, a battery B, a switch S, an uncharged capacitor C, and interconnecting wires form a circuit. The same circuit is shown in the schematic diagram of Fig. 25-4b, in which the symbols for a battery, a switch, and a capacitorrepresent those devices. The battery maintains potential difference V between itsterminals. The terminal of higher potential is labeled and is often called thepositive terminal; the terminal of lower potential is labeled and is often calledthe negative terminal.Figure 25-3 (a) A parallel-plate capacitor,made up of two plates of area A separatedby a distance d.The charges on the facingplate surfaces have the same magnitude qbut opposite signs. (b) As the field linesshow, the electric field due to the chargedplates is uniform in the central region between the plates.The field is not uniform atthe edges of the plates, as indicated by the“fringing” of the field lines there.Area A VdTop side ofbottomplate hascharge –qA–q+q(a) (b)Bottom side oftop plate hascharge +qElectric field lines719The circuit shown in Figs. 25-4a and b is said to be incomplete becauseswitch S is open; that is, the switch does not electrically connect the wires attached to it. When the switch is closed, electrically connecting those wires, thecircuit is complete and charge can then flow through the switch and the wires.As we discussed in Chapter 21, the charge that can flow through a conductor,such as a wire, is that of electrons. When the circuit of Fig. 25-4 is completed,electrons are driven through the wires by an electric field that the battery setsup in the wires. The field drives electrons from capacitor plate h to the positiveterminal of the battery; thus, plate h, losing electrons, becomes positivelycharged. The field drives just as many electrons from the negative terminal ofthe battery to capacitor plate l; thus, plate l, gaining electrons, becomes negatively charged just as much as plate h, losing electrons, becomes positivelyWhat Is Physics?One goal of physics is to provide the basic science for practical devices designedby engineers. The focus of this chapter is on one extremely commonexample—the capacitor, a device in which electrical energy can be stored. For example, the batteries in a camera store energy in the photoflash unit by charging acapacitor. The batteries can supply energy at only a modest rate, too slowly forthe photoflash unit to emit a flash of light. However, once the capacitor ischarged, it can supply energy at a much greater rate when the photoflash unit istriggered—enough energy to allow the unit to emit a burst of bright light.The physics of capacitors can be generalized to other devices and to any situation involving electric fields. For example, Earth’s atmospheric electric field ismodeled by meteorologists as being produced by a huge spherical capacitor thatpartially discharges via lightning. The charge that skis collect as they slide alongsnow can be modeled as being stored in a capacitor that frequently discharges assparks (which can be seen by nighttime skiers on dry snow).The first step in our discussion of capacitors is to determine how muchcharge can be stored.This “how much” is called capacitance.CapacitanceFigure 25-1 shows some of the many sizes and shapes of capacitors. Figure 25-2shows the basic elements of any capacitor—two isolated conductors of any25-1 CAPACITANCEAfter reading this module, you should be able to . . .25.01 Sketch a schematic diagram of a circuit with a parallelplate capacitor, a battery, and an open or closed switch.25.02 In a circuit with a battery, an open switch, and an uncharged capacitor, explain what happens to the conduction electrons when the switch is closed.25.03 For a capacitor, apply the relationship between themagnitude of charge q on either plate (“the charge on thecapacitor”), the potential difference V between the plates(“the potential across the capacitor”), and the capacitanceC of the capacitor.● A capacitor consists of two isolated conductors (the plates)with charges q and q. Its capacitance C is defined fromq CV,where V is the potential difference between the plates.● When a circuit with a battery, an open switch, and anuncharged capacitor is completed by closing the switch,conduction electrons shift, leaving the capacitor plates withopposite charges.Learning ObjectivesKey IdeasFigure 25-2 Two conductors, isolated electrically from each other and from their surroundings,form a capacitor.When the capacitor is charged, the charges on the conductors, or plates asthey are called, have the same magnitude q but opposite signs.Figure 25-1 An assortment of capacitors.+q –qPaul Silvermann/Fundamental Photographs718 CHAPTER 25 CAPACITANCEFigure 25-4 (a) Battery B, switch S, and platesh and l of capacitor C, connected in acircuit. (b) A schematic diagram with thecircuit elements represented by theirsymbols.lV +–(b)CBTerminalS(a)+ – BShlChTerminalshape. No matter what their geometry, flat or not, we call these conductorsplates.Figure 25-3a shows a less general but more conventional arrangement, calleda parallel-plate capacitor, consisting of two parallel conducting plates of areaA separated by a distance d. The symbol we use to represent a capacitor () isbased on the structure of a parallel-plate capacitor but is used for capacitors of allgeometries. We assume for the time being that no material medium (such as glassor plastic) is present in the region between the plates. In Module 25-5, we shallremove this restriction.When a capacitor is charged, its plates have charges of equal magnitudes butopposite signs: q and q. However, we refer to the charge of a capacitor asbeing q, the absolute value of these charges on the plates. (Note that q is not thenet charge on the capacitor, which is zero.)Because the plates are conductors, they are equipotential surfaces; all points on aplate are at the same electric potential. Moreover, there is a potential difference between the two plates. For historical reasons, we represent the absolute value of thispotential difference with V rather than with the V we used in previous notation.The charge q and the potential difference V for a capacitor are proportionalto each other; that is,q CV. (25-1)The proportionality constant C is called the capacitance of the capacitor. Itsvalue depends only on the geometry of the plates and not on their charge orpotential difference. The capacitance is a measure of how much charge must beput on the plates to produce a certain potential difference between them: Thegreater the capacitance, the more charge is required.The SI unit of capacitance that follows from Eq. 25-1 is the coulomb per volt.This unit occurs so often that it is given a special name, the farad (F):1 farad 1 F 1 coulomb per volt 1 C/V. (25-2)As you will see, the farad is a very large unit. Submultiples of the farad, such asthe microfarad (1 mF 106 F) and the picofarad (1 pF 1012 F), are moreconvenient units in practice.Charging a CapacitorOne way to charge a capacitor is to place it in an electric circuit with a battery.An electric circuit is a path through which charge can flow. A battery is a devicethat maintains a certain potential difference between its terminals (points atwhich charge can enter or leave the battery) by means of internal electrochemical reactions in which electric forces can move internal charge.In Fig. 25-4a, a battery B, a switch S, an uncharged capacitor C, and interconnecting wires form a circuit. The same circuit is shown in the schematic diagram of Fig. 25-4b, in which the symbols for a battery, a switch, and a capacitorrepresent those devices. The battery maintains potential difference V between itsterminals. The terminal of higher potential is labeled and is often called thepositive terminal; the terminal of lower potential is labeled and is often calledthe negative terminal.Figure 25-3 (a) A parallel-plate capacitor,made up of two plates of area A separatedby a distance d.The charges on the facingplate surfaces have the same magnitude qbut opposite signs. (b) As the field linesshow, the electric field due to the chargedplates is uniform in the central region between the plates.The field is not uniform atthe edges of the plates, as indicated by the“fringing” of the field lines there.Area A VdTop side ofbottomplate hascharge –qA–q+q(a) (b)Bottom side oftop plate hascharge +qElectric field lines719The circuit shown in Figs. 25-4a and b is said to be incomplete becauseswitch S is open; that is, the switch does not electrically connect the wires attached to it. When the switch is closed, electrically connecting those wires, thecircuit is complete and charge can then flow through the switch and the wires.As we discussed in Chapter 21, the charge that can flow through a conductor,such as a wire, is that of electrons. When the circuit of Fig. 25-4 is completed,electrons are driven through the wires by an electric field that the battery setsup in the wires. The field drives electrons from capacitor plate h to the positiveterminal of the battery; thus, plate h, losing electrons, becomes positivelycharged. The field drives just as many electrons from the negative terminal ofthe battery to capacitor plate l; thus, plate l, gaining electrons, becomes negatively charged just as much as plate h, losing electrons, becomes positively<!--></body></html>
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