An uncharged capacitor and a resistor are connected in series to a battery, as shown in Figure. If = 12 is the potential of the battery source, and = 5.0 is the
capacitance. Perform the following tasks in MS Excel.
Charging Behavior
1. Plot = RC for given range of R
2. Plot the accumulated charge against time for given time and resistance
values
3. Plot the current against time for the given time and resistance values
Now remove the battery and connect both sides of the wires (previously attached to
the terminals) to discharge the capacitor. Now your task is to
Discharging Behavior
4. Plot the discharging behavior, that is the charge versus time for given time
and resistance values
5. Plot the current versus time for the given time and resistance values
Time: 0 to 20 seconds
Resistance: 0.2 × 105
, 0.4 × 105
, 0.6 × 105
, 0.8 × 105
, and 1 × 106 Ω,
respectively