PASCO ES-9080A - Demonstration 4: Charging and Discharging Capacitors

Basic Electrostatics System Model No. ES-9080
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Demonstration 4: Charging and Discharging
Capacitors
Introduction
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Equipment Setup
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Equipment Required:
Electrometer (ES-9078) Faraday Ice Pail (ES-9042A)
Power Amplifier (CI-6552A) Test leads
Capacitors, 200-400uF
Resistors, (10-90k ; 10-1000 )
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