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.

Grade Level: Advanced Placement

Subject: Physics

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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...

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