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Use this HTML code to display a screenshot with the words "Click to Run". Capacitor Capacitance Circuits Donate PhET is supported by and educators like you. Java via CheerpJ: We've partnered with Leaning Technologies to allow our Java sims to run in a browser. This sim is not compatible with iPads. System Requirements and Recommendations Java Version: Supports offline use and offers improved performance. Java Version About Topics Capacitor Capacitance Circuits Description Explore how a capacitor works! Change the size of the plates and add a dielectric to see how it affects capacitance. Change the voltage and see charges built up on the plates. Shows the electric field in the capacitor. Measure voltage and electric field. Sample Learning Goals Determine the relationship between charge and voltage for a capacitor. Determine the energy stored in a capacitor or a set of capacitors in a circuit. Explore the effect of space and dielectric materials inserted between the conductors of the capacitor in a circuit. Determine the equivalent capacitance of a set of capacitors in series and in parallel in a circuit. Version 2.02 For Teachers Teacher-Submitted Activities Title Authors Level Type Subject Using PhET in Electricity Unit Trish Loeblein HS UG-Intro Demo Lab Physics Capacitor Lab: Inquiry into Capacitor Design Trish Loeblein UG-Intro HS HW Lab Physics How do PhET simulations fit in my middle school program? Sarah Borenstein MS Other Earth Science Physics Biology Chemistry MS and HS TEK to Sim Alignment Elyse Zimmer HS MS Other Biology Physics Chemistry The capacitance of a parallel-plate capacitor, effects of dielectric in a capacitor Inna Shpiro UG-Intro HS Lab Physics Capacitor and Dielectric 2 Bassam Rashed Other UG-Intro HS UG-Adv Lab HW Demo Remote Guided Physics Capacitors - Introduction- Bassam Rashed HS UG-Adv UG-Intro Demo Guided Lab Remote HW Physics Mapping of PhET and IBDP Physics Jaya Ramchandani HS Other Physics Virtual Lab Jessica Leiken HS UG-Intro Lab Physics PhET Simulations Aligned for AP Physics C Roberta Tanner HS Other Physics PhET Student Interactive Introduction on Capacitance & Dielectric Constants Megan Stadt HS Lab HW Guided Mathematics Physics Lab: Capacitance Largo HS Lab Physics 'Lectronic Plates Dean Baird HS UG-Intro Lab HW Physics The Two-Plate Special Dean Baird UG-Intro HS Lab Physics Capacitor Building Guided Inquiry Tom O'Dell HS Lab Caps in Parallel, Series Timothy Long HS CQs Capacitors Duane Dolejsi HS UG-Intro Lab Physics Capacitors and Dielectrics Thad Gough HS Lab Physics Virtual Capacitor Lab Clive Hamilton HS UG-Intro Lab Physics PREPARATORIA: Alineación de PhET con programas de la DGB México (2017) Diana López HS UG-Intro Other Mathematics Chemistry Physics LKS Kapasitor Agus Sugiharto HS Lab Physics Rangkaian Kapasitor Zoewono zoewono syahputra HS Lab Physics CAPACITOR - EXPERIMENTO VIRTUAL W. Q. NEVES - IFCE MS HS Lab Guided Physics Taller y laboratorio capacitores Raúl Eduardo Cruz Garzón HS UG-Intro Guided Lab Mathematics Physics Laboratorio Virtual de Capacitancia basado en las propuestas del A.A.F. Diego Fernando Becerra Rodríguez UG-Adv Lab Physics variables de capacitores GUDIEL ROBLERO MS HW Physics Laboratorio de capacitores con y sin dieléctrico. Mario Platero UG-Intro Lab Guided Physics Share an Activity! 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