Unit 11: Electrical Fields & Capacitors
Reading
BJU book: Ch. 19 "Electric Fields"
AP students additional reading: Princeton Review "Electric Forces and Fields" - read the applicable sections
Topics
Labs
Memo: 2020-2021 labs will include hands-on and virtual, and may vary as the Covid-19 situation changes.
BJU book: Ch. 19 "Electric Fields"
AP students additional reading: Princeton Review "Electric Forces and Fields" - read the applicable sections
Topics
- Electric Fields and Field Strength "E"
- Electric Potential "V"
- Capacitors
Labs
Memo: 2020-2021 labs will include hands-on and virtual, and may vary as the Covid-19 situation changes.
- Capacitor lab is our regular go-to lab, but there are numerous virtual labs also which cover the topic, as well as labs you can do at home. We'll decide when we get here.
- We also do a Solar Design Lab, wherein we design a Solar Power Plant using commercial software
Below: At a high enough voltage potential, electricity will arc across a sizeable distance. This is not only dangerous, but damages big switchgear equipment which is very expensive.
Homework
Electric fields & capacitors homework (below): complete problems 36, 40, and 42.
| 14._electric_fields_capacitors_problems.pdf |
Capacitors PhET WebLab
| 14._phet_capacitor_lab__2020_.docx |
Solar Power Design problem
| Solar Power Design Problem instructions.docx |
Below: Some ideas for making your own capacitors...
Below: Question - what are the drawbacks with replacing your car battery with a bank of capacitors???