Capacitors

Capacitor lab: Basics by PhET Interactive Simulations, University of Colorado Boulder, licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://phet.colorado.edu)

The title of the Project: Capacitors

Purpose of the work:

• Study capacitance and what it depends on.

Practical part

Choose “Capacitance” to start the virtual experiment. 

This is a little instruction to the virtual experiment.

Virtual experiment.

Step 1. Increase the overlapping area of the plates of the capacitor. How does the capacitance change? 

Step 2. Decrease the distance between the plates. How does the capacitance change?

Step 3. Decrease the overlapping area of the plates of the capacitor. How does the capacitance change?

Step 4. Increase the distance between the plates. How does the capacitance change?

Step 5. Make a conclusion. What is the minimum possible capacitance? What is the maximum possible capacitance? 

Conclusion

Capacitance depends on the overlapping area of the plates and the distance between the plates of the capacitor. Capacitance is directly proportional to the area and inversely proportional to the distance between the plates. Lastly the minimum capacitance is 0.09 pF, and the maximum capacitance is 1.77 pF.