Capacitors - Basic Introduction - 1 Hour Review (Patreon)

Capacitors - Basic Introduction - Physics

This physics tutorial provides a basic introduction into capacitors. It explains the concept of capacitance and how it works. It also discusses the working principle of capacitors. This video contains plenty of examples and practice problems for you to work on. Here is a list of topics. 1. What is a capacitor? 2. Capacitors are made of two metal conductors separated by an insulator such as air, quartz, mica, or even water 3. Electric Charge, Capacitance and Voltage 4. The unit of electric charge is the coulomb 5. Common Units of Capacitance - Farads, uF, nF, pF 6. Capacitance - Charge Efficiency - Coulomb per volt 7. Electric Potential - Potential Energy Per Unit Charge 8. Voltage vs Electric Potential 9. Calculating Electric Charge Given Excess Number of Electrons 10. Calculating The Number of Protons and Electrons Giving Total Charge on Metal 11. Parallel Plate Capacitor Formula 12. Relationship Between Capacitance, Area, and Distance 13. Permittivity of Free Space Constant 14. Dielectrics, Capacitance and Voltage Relationship 15. Calculating the New Capacitance and Voltage When Dielectric Constant / Insulator is Used 16. Electric Field of Parallel Plate Capacitor 17. Surface Charge Density, Electric Field, Total Charge, and Area Calculations 18. Capacitance Equation / Formula Derivation 19. Potential Energy Stored in a Capacitor 20. Energy Density inside Electric Field Between Parallel Plate Capacitor 21. Capacitors - How it works 22. Explaining the concept of charging capacitors - using electron flow and charge accumulation 23. Discharging a capacitor explained - Electron flows until a state of equilibrium is achieved.