37-6 DATA: CAPACITORS IN CIRCUITS Resistance: Capacitance: Time Constant r = RC = Battery potential: Table 1: Time for charging and discharging a capacitor Percent Trial Vmax V1 V2 Measured Measured Percent No. =0.632* = 0.368 Charging Discharging error in error in Vmax Vmax time to time to time of time of 0- V1 Vmax - V: charging discharging V V S Two Capacitors in Series and Parallel: Resistance: Capacitor 1: Capacitor 2: Table 2: Time for charging and discharging two capacitors in series and parallel. Calc. Vmax V1 72 Meas. Meas. Percent Percent Type of Equiv error in Circuit: Cap. time for =0.632* = 0.368 Charging Dis- error in Cap.s Ceq to and to Vmax Vmax time to charging time of time of =RCeq time to charging dis- in: charging UF Series Parallel1. Why are the times to charge and discharge the capacitor the same? 2. Why is the time to charge (and discharge) more for the parallel combination than for the series combination? 3. Why should the two capacitors be of comparable capacitance