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There are 2 lessons in this physics tutorial covering RC Circuits. The tutorial starts with an introduction to RC Circuits and is then followed with a list of the separate lessons, the tutorial is designed to be read in order but you can skip to a specific lesson or return to recover a specific physics lesson as required to build your physics knowledge of RC Circuits. you can access all the lessons from this tutorial below.
In this Physics tutorial, you will learn:
- What are RC circuits?
- What happens when the switch of a RC circuit is moved from a position to another?
- How a capacitor connected in a RC circuit is charged or discharged?
- How to calculate the potential difference across the capacitor plates?
- How to calculate the amount of charge at the plates of a capacitor connected in series with a resistor in a RC circuit at any instant?
Introduction
So far, we have discussed circuits that contain resistors only or capacitors only. In this tutorial we will see what happens if we connect both resistors and capacitors in the same circuit. Such a setup is widely used in electronics. Therefore, it is worth to take a closer look at such a combination of circuit components.
Please select a specific "RC Circuits" lesson from the table below, review the video tutorial, print the revision notes or use the practice question to improve your knowledge of this physics topic.
Electrodynamics Learning Material| Tutorial ID | Physics Tutorial Title | Tutorial | Video
Tutorial | Revision
Notes | Revision
Questions |
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| 15.7 | RC Circuits | | | | |
| Lesson ID | Physics Lesson Title | Lesson | Video
Lesson |
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| 15.7.1 | What are RC Circuits? | | |
| 15.7.2 | Charging and Discharging a Capacitor | | |
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