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.