Advanced Placement • College • High School / Physics
Capacitor Fundamentals
Students use a digital capacitance meter and construct capacitors from aluminum foil and paper to determine how physical properties of a parallel-plate capacitor affect its ability to store electric charge.
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Standards Correlations
| IB Topics | AP Topics |
|---|---|
| 11.3 | 4.E.4.2 4.E.4.3 |
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Capacitor Fundamentals - Distance Learning Lab
Determine how physical properties of a parallel-plate capacitor affect its ability to store electric charge using data collected with a digital capacitance...
