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written by Andrew Duffy
This web page is an interactive physics problem on RC circuits.  The user can alter the frequency of the alternating current to observe how this affects the voltage and current.  An inductor can be substituted for the capacitor, to view the differences between the two in an AC circuit.  The guide on the page explains impedance and how the voltage drop and current can be calculated for each circuit.  
  
This is part of a collection of similar simulation-based student activities for introductory physics.
Subjects Levels Resource Types
Electricity & Magnetism
- AC Circuits
= Impedance
= RLC Circuits - AC
- Lower Undergraduate
- Instructional Material
= Interactive Simulation
= Tutorial
- Audio/Visual
= Movie/Animation
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- Educators
- Learners
- application/java
- text/html
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© 2002 Andrew Duffy, Boston University
Keywords:
RC circuit, RL circuit, capacitance, impedance, impedence, inductance, induction, phase, resistance
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Metadata instance created June 16, 2008 by Christopher Allen
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March 28, 2008
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A. Duffy, (2002), WWW Document, (http://buphy.bu.edu/~duffy/semester2/c21_RandX.html).
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A. Duffy, Boston University Physics Applets: A Resistor and a Capacitor (2002), <http://buphy.bu.edu/~duffy/semester2/c21_RandX.html>.
APA Format
Duffy, A. (2008, March 28). Boston University Physics Applets: A Resistor and a Capacitor. Retrieved December 2, 2024, from http://buphy.bu.edu/~duffy/semester2/c21_RandX.html
Chicago Format
Duffy, Andrew. Boston University Physics Applets: A Resistor and a Capacitor. March 28, 2008. http://buphy.bu.edu/~duffy/semester2/c21_RandX.html (accessed 2 December 2024).
MLA Format
Duffy, Andrew. Boston University Physics Applets: A Resistor and a Capacitor. 2002. 28 Mar. 2008. 2 Dec. 2024 <http://buphy.bu.edu/~duffy/semester2/c21_RandX.html>.
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@misc{ Author = "Andrew Duffy", Title = {Boston University Physics Applets: A Resistor and a Capacitor}, Volume = {2024}, Number = {2 December 2024}, Month = {March 28, 2008}, Year = {2002} }
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Is Part Of Boston University Physics Applets: Second Semester

This is the full collection of simulations by Boston University physics professor Andrew Duffy, developed for use in a second-semester physics course on electricity and magnetism.

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