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What is breakdown voltage?
Robert Hazlewood, Senior Executive
Answered: Dec 17, 2018
An insulators breakdown voltage is the minimal reverse voltage that makes the diode conduct appreciably in reverse. Breakdown voltage is an attribute of an insulator that delineates the maximum...Read More

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What is the difference between Capacitor and Resistor?
J. Pollock, Science Professor
Answered: Jul 04, 2019
If you ever look inside of an electronic circuit, you will definitely find three main things. This is because you must have these three things in an electronic circuit for the device to work....Read More

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What are the practical applications of capacitors?
J. Harty, Writer
Answered: Dec 17, 2018
They can be used in charge pump circuits as the energy cache element in the generation of greater voltages than the input voltage. Capacitors are joined in parallel with DC power circuits of most...Read More

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What is a capacitor used for?
Robert Hazlewood, Senior Executive
Answered: Dec 17, 2018
A capacitor is an appliance that stores an electronic charge for a small period. mThe capacitor consists of two metallic plates, which hold a charge. They are separated by a dielectric, which is...Read More

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What is a capacitor?
J. Harty, Writer
Answered: Dec 17, 2018
A capacitor is a passive two-terminal electronic element that stores electrical energy in an electric field. The result of a capacitor's performance is known as capacitance. A capacitor is a part...Read More

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Who discovered the capacitor?
Matz Lewis Clark, College student
Answered: Dec 17, 2018
In 1745, Ewald Georg von Kleist in Germany found that change could be stored by connecting a high voltage electronic generator by a wire to a volume of water in a hand-held glass jar. Von Kleist...Read More

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Why does a capacitor block direct current?
W. Pratt, Marketing Analyst
Answered: Dec 17, 2018
A capacitor stores energy as a function of voltage and resists charges in voltage by drawing current from or supplying current to the source of the voltage charge. A capacitor blocks DC as...Read More

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What materials are the two ends of capacitors made from?
Matz Lewis Clark, College student
Answered: Dec 17, 2018
A capacitor is created out of two metal plates, and an insulating material called a dielectric. The plates are made out of a conductive material: aluminum, tantalum, silver, and other metals. The...Read More

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How does ripple current affect a capacitor?
W. Pratt, Marketing Analyst
Answered: Dec 17, 2018
Low and equal series resistance enables capacitators to withstand high ripple currents since temperature rise in tantalum capacitors is a function of ripple current flowing through a capacitator...Read More

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How do define the capacitance of a fixed capacitor?
Matz Lewis Clark, College student
Answered: Dec 17, 2018
A fixed capacitor is a part of an electronic device or electrical appliance that helps maintain a constant change and energy output. It helps store energy, and it also moderates its flow....Read More

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What is the relation between capacitance and resistance?
Robert Hazlewood, Senior Executive
Answered: Dec 17, 2018
Reactance is expressed as an ordinary number with the unit ohms, whereas the impedance of a capacitor is the reactance multiplied by -j, i.e., z=jx. The j term accounts for the 90-degree phase...Read More

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Why may a capacitor exhibit non-ideal behavior?
Samantha Stewart, Philanthropist
Answered: Dec 13, 2018
Capacitors can radiate acoustic energy when their plates move in response to electrostatic forces. Dielectrics may not behave in a perfect way, and their molecules might do weird things....Read More

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What is the definiton of capacitance?
Matz Lewis Clark, College student
Answered: Dec 17, 2018
Capacitance is the ratio of the alteration in an electric charge in a system to the corresponding change in its electric potential. Capacitance is the role only of the geometry of the design....Read More

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What scientific law does a capacitor work on?
Matz Lewis Clark, College student
Answered: Dec 17, 2018
The fundamental relationship between the three important electrical quantities: Georg Simon Ohm discovered current, voltage, and resistance. It is derived from the Ohm’s theory. One...Read More

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What is a dielectric?
Robert Hazlewood, Senior Executive
Answered: Dec 17, 2018
A dielectric is an electrical nonconductor that can be polarized by an applied electric field. When a dielectric is positioned in an electric field, electric charges do not stream through the...Read More

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