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  2. Capacitor - Wikipedia

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    Charge separation in a parallel-plate capacitor causes an internal electric field. A dielectric (orange) reduces the field and increases the capacitance. A simple demonstration capacitor made of two parallel metal plates, using an air gap as the dielectric. A capacitor consists of two conductors separated by a non-conductive region. [23]

  3. Double-layer capacitance - Wikipedia

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    The voltage proof of aluminum oxide, the dielectric layer of aluminum electrolytic capacitors, is approximately 1.4 nm/V. For a 6.3 V capacitor therefore the layer is 8.8 nm. The electric field is 6.3 V/8.8 nm = 716 kV/mm, around 7 times lower than in the double-layer.

  4. Dissipation factor - Wikipedia

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    The loss tangent is defined by the angle between the capacitor's impedance vector and the negative reactive axis. If the capacitor is used in an AC circuit, the dissipation factor due to the non-ideal capacitor is expressed as the ratio of the resistive power loss in the ESR to the reactive power oscillating in the capacitor, or

  5. Dielectric loss - Wikipedia

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    A capacitor is a discrete electrical circuit component typically made of a dielectric placed between conductors. One lumped element model of a capacitor includes a lossless ideal capacitor in series with a resistor termed the equivalent series resistance (ESR), as shown in the figure below. [4] The ESR represents losses in the capacitor.

  6. Capacitance - Wikipedia

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    The equation is a good approximation if d is small compared to the other dimensions of the plates so that the electric field in the capacitor area is uniform, and the so-called fringing field around the periphery provides only a small contribution to the capacitance.

  7. Water capacitor - Wikipedia

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    A capacitor is a device in which electrical energy is introduced and can be stored for a later time. A capacitor consists of two conductors separated by a non-conductive region. The non-conductive region is called the dielectric or electrical insulator. Examples of traditional dielectric media are air, paper, and certain semiconductors.

  8. Capacitor types - Wikipedia

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    A dielectric material is placed between two conducting plates (electrodes), each of area A and with a separation of d.. A conventional capacitor stores electric energy as static electricity by charge separation in an electric field between two electrode plates.

  9. Dielectric - Wikipedia

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    In electromagnetism, a dielectric (or dielectric medium) is an electrical insulator that can be polarised by an applied electric field.When a dielectric material is placed in an electric field, electric charges do not flow through the material as they do in an electrical conductor, because they have no loosely bound, or free, electrons that may drift through the material, but instead they ...