LAB 15. CAPACITOR

TESTING INVESTIGATION: CAPACITANCE

TASK:

To make a simple capacitor and use a digital multimeter to determine the factors that affect the capacitance of a parallel-plate capacitor.

GIVEN: Aluminum foil, textbook, wires and capacitance meter

POSTER: Describe the:

a. Relationship between capacitance and area

b. Relationship between capacitance and plate separation

c. Determine the dielectric constant of paper