Capacitors are composed of two parallel plates that have opposing charges. This difference in charge creates a difference in the potential energy in the circuit.
The charge on a parallel plate capacitor, like the one shown in the image at right, is called the capacitance and is found by
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In parallel total capacitance () is found by adding the capacitors:
- In series total capacitance ()
is found by the inverse of the sum of the
inverses.
