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PHYSICS LABORATORY
IPHYLAB 2 – M112

Voltage Variation in Capacitors

Group No. 2 Experiment No. 5

Members Criteria Wt x Pt = Score

Leader: Melvin Manahan Punctuality 5 x ___ = ____
Recorder: Mary Nicole Ofrecio Completeness 5 x ___ =____
Materials: Charles Garcia Accuracy 4 x ___ = ____
Discipline: Samantha Lorrene Franco Format 3 x ___ = ____
Cleaner: Patrick Sumalde Neatness 3 x ___ = ____

Date Performed: Feb 05, 2018 Date Submitted: Feb 12, 2018

Dr. E.G Tripoli

Lab Professor
 I. Objectives

1. To introduce concepts of charging and discharging of capacitors.

2. To determine charging and discharging voltage of a capacitor and its (RC) time
constant.
3. To plot the voltage against time during charging and discharging.

II. Materials and Setup

III. Data and Results

Table: 1
1st Trial
Time Interval (sec) Charging Discharging
5 5 0.8
10 7 1
15 9 2
20 10 3
25 11 4
30 12 5
35 13 6
40 14 7
45 15 8
50 16 9
55 17 10
60 20 11

2nd Trial
Time Interval (sec) Charging Discharging
10 3 1
20 4 2
30 5 3
40 7 4
50 9 5
60 10 6
70 12 7
80 13 8
90 14 9
100 15 10
110 16 11
120 17 12
 IV. Question and Answer
1. Compare the time it takes to fully charge the capacitor in trial 1 and trial 2.

Ans: In Trial 1 the charge is to fast to get rise and it get fast to discharge too. While the
Trial 2 is to slow to get up of the charge and slowly get down when discharging.

2. The voltage across the capacitor, Ve, at any Instant time during the charging period in
give as:

Ans:
Vs: 1.2V
R: 0.25R
C: 1.27
t: 47sec
What is the voltage across the capacitor in trial 1 after 10 seconds? From the graph,
approximate
Ve after 10 seconds in trial 1 and compare it to the computed value.
Ans: 1.2V
3. Given the Circuit below.

The discharging voltage across the capacitor Vs, at any instant time during, the
discharging period in given as:

Ans:
Vs: 1V
R: 2.2
C: 2.1
t: 22 sec
What is the voltage across the capacitor after 5 seconds of discharging it?
Ans: 25 sec