Capacitors in series/parallel, charging energy

Three capacitors in series, parallel or mixed on a battery: equivalent capacitance, charge, voltage and energy on each, and the RC charging transient.

About this experiment

What you do in the lab

Change the controls and watch the physics behave in real time in 3D. Live readouts and graphs show the numbers behind it, and the Learn tab has the theory, procedure, observations and viva questions. Works on a phone or a laptop, in English and Hindi.

Topics: capacitors · series · parallel · equivalent capacitance · energy stored · RC charging

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