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Formula for calculating capacitor balance resistor values
The following formula is generally used for calculating balance resistor values used for overvoltage protection of capacitors in series when the individual capacitor voltage ratings are below the ...
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Voltage drop due to leakage current in capacitors in series
When capacitors are connected in series in a DC circuit, the voltage drop across individual capacitors at and immediately after the initial charging period is inversely proportional to the individual ...
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Is it possible to determine capacity and voltage rating of an unknown electrolytic capacitor?
Today I found a big electrolytic capacitor in a scrap yard. It is about 9 cm in diameter and 16 cm high. The only thing that is marked on it is polarity but nothing else. How can I measure its ...
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Why does an ideal capacitor give rise to a rectangular cyclic voltammogram (CV)?
Many scientists are interested in developing supercapacitors, which have electrolyte rather than solid dielectric between the charged plates. In the field of electrochemistry, cyclic voltammetry (CV) ...
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