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Determining Charge Stored on a Capacitor Using Numerical Integration with a Spreadsheet
Physics Teacher, v61 n1 p31-33 Jan 2023
Experiments involving RC circuits are an integral part of introductory physics courses. Previous articles using RC circuits describe determining the charge on a Van de Graaff generator, measuring currents and voltages in a charging RC circuit using a multimeter or an Arduino, measuring the decay constants of complex RC circuits, and using the Pasco ScienceWorkshop 750 Interface to examine various physical properties of capacitors. In this paper, I will show how to determine the capacitance of a capacitor charged with a battery of known voltage using an RC circuit and numerical integration performed on a spreadsheet.
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Science Experiments, Physics, Spreadsheets, Electronic Equipment, Introductory Courses
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