PHEP Chapter 16

Question 1

the property of an electric non conductor that permits storage of energy as a result of electric displacement when opposite surfaces of the non conductor are maintained at a difference of potential is called?

Answer 1

resistance

Question 2

what is capacitance

Answer 2

that property which opposes any change in voltage

Question 3

what is inductance

Answer 3

that property that opposes any change in current

Question 4

what are the units of capacitance

Answer 4

farrads

Question 5

what affects capacitance of a capacitor

Answer 5

area of plate, distance between plates, number of plates

Question 6

what is capacitive reactance

Answer 6

opposition offered by a capacitance to flow of AC through a capacitor

Question 7

what will happen to the charging current in a capacitor if an alternating voltage is applied

Answer 7

vary as voltage changes

Question 8

what is the unit used in measuring the size of a capacitor

Answer 8

farrad