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Exercise from the chapter "Capacitors"

Time constant

Level 2 of 5 · Skills: Know

Statement

A 100 µF capacitor charges through a 10 kΩ resistor. Its time constant τ = R·C is...

  1. 1 s
  2. 1 ms
  3. 10 s
  4. 100 ms
2 hints from Bastaya available in the lab
Solution

τ = R × C = 10⁴ × 10⁻⁴ = 1 s. After τ the voltage reaches 63 % of its final value; after 5τ the charge is considered complete.

Course sheet of the chapter : Capacitors

This chapter is covered by the paths: General electricity

Other exercises of the chapter

Simulated time00:00:00
Q = I·t-
W = P·t-

Workbench

Circuit diagram CEI 60617

How does it work?

The perfboard: each big hole is a circuit node. You push a single leg of a component (resistor, lamp...) into it. The 4 small holes around it are connected to it: that is where chips and leads plug in.

  1. Drag a component onto the board: it snaps onto the grid. R rotates it.
  2. To join neighbouring big holes, click Jumper chip in the palette (or C) then drag on the board: a line of chips is laid at once. Bridged holes become a single node.
  3. For long links and for the power supply (placed next to the board), drag a lead from one big hole to another (or to a terminal).
  4. As soon as a loop is closed, the circuit is solved in real time (Ohm + Kirchhoff) and the diagram follows.
  5. Zoom with the wheel (or + / −, two-finger pinch); drag the background to pan, 0 fits the board. The + buttons around the board add a row or a column.

Del delete · R rotate · C chip brush · Esc cancel · wheel zoom · drag the background to pan

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