paradox caps

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This is a demonstration of how the capacitor paradox is solved. This paradox revolves around q=CV capacitor charge equation & 0.5C*V*V energy storage eqn. The paradox is that if one cap is charged and the other is not, then they are connected and share the charge equally, the energy equation shows half the energy total of the two versus initial condition.  the answer is that ideal circuit would not share the charge but rather resonate. Since ideal circuits are discontinuous, an inductor is used to help illustrate the effect. 

published 12 years ago

HapHazard

12 years ago

by the way, it is interactive, you need to flip the switch!

rbrtkurtz

12 years ago

Sweet

faceblast

12 years ago

my mind is blown

we7hills

12 years ago

Wow! I hope I can understand this all some day!

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