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After completing this chapter, you should be able to
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| 1. Define capacitance and apply a relationship among capacitance, applied voltage, and total charge. |
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| 2. Compute the capacitance of a parallel-plate capacitor when the area of the plates and their separation in a medium of known dielectric constant are given. |
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| 3. Write and apply expressions for calculating the dielectric constant as a function of the voltage, the electric field, or the capacitance before and after insertion of a dielectric. |
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| 4. Calculate the equivalent capacitance of a number of capacitors connected in series and in parallel. |
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| 5. Determine the energy of a charged capacitor, given the appropriate information. |