Energy Stored in a Capacitor
 

Energy Stored in a Capacitor problem 11


An uncharged capacitor is connected in series with a battery, a switch and a resistor, as shown in the figure below.




The battery has e.m.f. and negligible internal resistance. The capacitance of the capacitor is . The switch is closed at time . During the time interval to , the charge passing through the resistor is .


    • Calculate the energy transfer in the battery during the time interval to .


    • Determine, for the capacitor at time ,


      • the potential difference across the capacitor,


      • the energy stored in the capacitor.


  • Suggest why your answers in (a)(i) and (a)(ii) part 2 are different.


 

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