The Parallel-Plate Capacitor with Dielectric model investigates a relatively simple capacitor consisting of two identical metal plates placed parallel to one another. The capacitor can be charged by connecting one plate to the positive terminal of a battery and the other plate to the negative terminal. In this situation, the battery acts as a pump, pumping electrons from one capacitor plate to the other until the potential difference across the capacitor matches the battery voltage.
The Parallel-Plate Capacitor with Dielectric model was created using the Easy Java Simulations (EJS) modeling tool. It is distributed as a ready-to-run (compiled) Java archive. Double clicking the ejs_bu_em_Capacitor.jar file will run the program if Java is installed.
Please note that this resource requires
at least version 1.5 of Java (JRE).
Parallel-Plate Capacitor with Dielectric Worksheet
A student worksheet for the Parallel-Plate Capacitor with Dielectric model. download 8kb .pdf
Last Modified: April 20, 2010
Parallel-Plate Capacitor with Dielectric Source Code
The source code zip archive contains an XML representation of the Parallel-Plate Capacitor with Dielectric model. Unzip this archive in your EJS workspace to compile and run this model using EJS. download 6kb .zip
Last Modified: June 11, 2014
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A. Duffy, Computer Program PARALLEL-PLATE CAPACITOR WITH DIELECTRIC MODEL (2010), WWW Document, (https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=9981&DocID=1607).
A. Duffy, Computer Program PARALLEL-PLATE CAPACITOR WITH DIELECTRIC MODEL (2010), <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=9981&DocID=1607>.
Duffy, A. (2010). Parallel-Plate Capacitor with Dielectric Model [Computer software]. Retrieved December 9, 2024, from https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=9981&DocID=1607
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