Capacitors

Question 1

What is capacitance?

Answer 1

The stored charge in a capacitor per unit voltage across the plates.

Question 2

What is 1 Farad?

Answer 2

The capacitance of a capacitor which stored a charge of 1C when a voltage of 1V is across the plates.

Question 3

What is the capacitive time constant?

Answer 3

The produce of the capacitance of a capacitor and the resistance through which it is charging or
discharging.