Experiment 5A

TITLE: Capacitance in AC Circuits (Parallel)

OBJECTIVES:

At the end of the experiment, the students are able to:

1. Measure the value of capacitance

2. Measure the impedance of capacitance on parallel circuit when the AC supply
is connected.

Theory:

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1.6

Reading from Oscilloscope

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Conclusions:

Consider two capacitors connected in parallel with the positively charged plates connected to a
common ``input'' wire, and the negatively charged plates attached to a common ``output'' wire so
potential difference V across the two capacitors is the same, and is equal to the potential
difference between the input and output wires. The total charge Q, however, stored in the two
capacitors is divided between the capacitors, since it must distribute itself such that the voltage
across the two is the same. So that, as a conclusion we can say that the total capacitance is
equal to the sum of the individual capacitances.

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 Experiment 5B

Title : Capacitance in AC Circuit (Series)

OBJECTIVES:

At the end of the experiment, the students are able to:

1. Measure the value of capacitance

2. Measure the impedance of capacitance on series circuit when the AC supply is
connected.

Theory:

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2.60

2.6

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 Reading from Oscilloscope

Conclusion:

Consider two capacitors connected in series in a line such that the positive plate of one is
attached to the negative plate. In fact, the positive plate of capacitor 1 is connected to the ``input''
wire, the negative plate of capacitor 1 is connected to the positive plate of capacitor 2, and the
negative plate of capacitor 2 is connected to the ``output'' wire. It is important to realize that the
charge stored in the two capacitors is the same So that, as a conclusion we can say that, the
total capacitance is equal to the sum of the squares of the individual capacitances

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 Experiment 5C

TITLE: Reactance of a Capacitor

OBJECTIVES:

At the end of the experiment, the students are able to:

1. Calculate the value of reactance in capacitance

2. Measure the impedance of capacitance on series circuit when the AC supply is connected.
3. Drawing phasor diagram and I-V graph.

THEORY :

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0.002

400

338.63

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0.002

150

169.31

For Phasor diagram, Refer on the graph :

Reading From Ammeter And Multimeter

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Conclusion:

For capacitors in AC circuits, capacitive reactance is given the symbol Xc. Then we can actually
say that capacitive reactance is a capacitors resistive value that varies with frequency. Also,
capacitive reactance depends on the capacitance of the capacitor in Farads as well as the
frequency of the AC waveform So that as a conclusion we can say that Capacitance
reactance depends on the frequency and capacitance.

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