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• CAPACITANCE

  → Ability to hold charge
• TWO TYPES OF CIRCUIT

  1. SERIES CIRCUIT
  2. PARALLEL CIRCUIT
• CAPACITOR

  → Used to store electric charge
• 1. SERIES CIRCUIT

  → All components are connected end-

  to-end, forming a single pattern/path

  for current flow
• 2. PARALLEL CIRCUIT

  → All components are connected across

  each other, forming exactly two sets

  of electrically common points
• NOTE:

  ❖ The more voltage (electrical pressure) you apply to the capacitor, the more charge is stored in

  the capacitor.

  ❖ Also, the higher the capacitance of the capacitor the more charge may be stored in by given

  voltage.
• SYMBOL NAME UNITS

  C Capacitance Farads

  Q Charge Coulomb

  V Voltage Volts
• GENERAL FORMULA: Q = CV