July 13, 2012

Capacitors and RC Circuits


            It’s our 5th lab session and we had our 4th experiment. The lab session was really awesome due to the dissecting of a cylindrical plate capacitor. We really had a hard time dissecting it. It was really hard and we really don’t know how to open it but in the end, we were able to dissect it and see its parts. Another time-consuming part of the session was the designing of our own experiment to meet the objectives of the capacitors and RC circuit experiment.  It was really difficult to experimentally acquire data for establishing relationships of voltage, charge, and capacitance.  In the end, we resort to our theoretical calculations and used our own method to calculate what experimental values we should expect.

             This session was somewhat different from the previous sessions. We really did some critical thinking this time and used all our knowledge to complete our objectives.  The experiment is not done yet. We would continue the unfinished part this coming Monday.
              
              I’m hoping for more Physics Fun! ^_^

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