The Millikan Oil-Drop Experiment

The Millikan Oil-Drop Experiment

Applications of Electrostatics

The Van de Graaff Generator

The Electrostatic Precipitator

Xerography and Laser Printers

Definition of Capacitance

The capacitance C of a capacitor is defined as the ratio of the magnitude of the charge on either conductor to the magnitude of the potential difference between the conductors:

(7.1)

Definition of Capacitance

Calculating Capacitance

(7.2)

Home work: Parallel-Plate Capacitors

Cylindrical and Spherical Capacitors

Combinations of Capacitors