Read chapter 16 – Capacitance from Grob’s and Section 2.23 from Practical Electronics for Engineers. Answer the following questions:
- What is a dielectric material?
- To charge a capacitor to 100V what minimum input voltage would be required?
- What is dielectric strength?
- What is leakage current?
- How does capacitance change when capacitors are placed in series?
- Do capacitors have a shelf life?
- Which text on capacitors did you find more useful?
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