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J4-41. Capacitors
Purpose
To show them what capacitors look like.
Equipment
Sample capacitors.
Images
Description
Just a bunch of different kinds of capacitors. Just lying there.
References
H. Richard Crane, How Things Work: New Watches and New Capacitors, TPT 34, 162-163 (1996).
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See pagesj1. electrostatic charge & force
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See pagesj3. electric fields & potential
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See pagesj4. capacitance & polarization
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See pagesj5. magnetostatics
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See pagesj6. electromagnets
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See pagesj7. magnetic materials
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See pagesj1. electrostatic charge & force
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See pagesj3. electric fields & potential
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See pagesj4. capacitance & polarization
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See pagesj5. magnetostatics
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See pagesj6. electromagnets
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See pagesj7. magnetic materials
Physics Lab Demos