RC Circuit Analysis

RC Circuit Analysis#

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Part 1#

Identify any capacitors in the circuit shown in figure that are in series or in parallel by circling them with a dashed line and labelling them.

Show a calculation of the effective capacitance of this part of the circuit, and replace the series or parallel capacitors with a single effective capacitor, redrawing the resulting circuit. On the redrawn circuit repeat this process unit the circuit is fully simplified to a single capacitor, a single resistor and a battery.

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Part 2#

Find the time constant for this circuit.

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Part 3#

Now step by step rebuild your circuit to find the charge on each capacitor when the capacitors are fully charged (i.e. for \(t >> \tau\) after closing the circuit).

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Part 4#

Find the energy stored on the 4 \(\mu\)F capacitor when it is fully charged.

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