Practical CapacitorsProf. Stephen Sekula2/10/2010Supplementary Material for PHY1308 (General Physics – Electricity and Magnetism)Announcements●Homework 4:●Available later today●Exam 1●Thursday - Covers Homework 0-2●Bring pen/pencil, calculator, 8.5x11-inch formula sheet (no mobile phones!)Rules of thumb●When a capacitor is uncharged or fully charged●no charge is moving from plate to plate●this is “electrostatic equilibrium”●We'll discuss later what happens between being uncharged and fully charged●non-equilibrium
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