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Muslim Youth University, Islamabad

Department of Computer Science

Lab Report

Student Name : Syed Husnain Abbas

Registration No. : BCS192026

Course Title : Applied Physics

Course Code : PH-103L

Semester : 1st

Submitted to : Mr Muhammad Waqas

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Lab Report

Experiment No: 8 Semester: 1st Course: Applied Physics

Charging And Discharging of Capacitor

Objective:

1. To Study charging and discharging process through capacitors.

2. To determine the time constant t of an RC-Circuit.

Apparatus:

1. 220 K(Mege) Resistance

2. 470 uF Capacitor
3. Stop Watch
4. Connecting Wire

Procedure: Part 1: Charging a capacitor (Voltage Vs Time)

1. Connect the circuit as shown as in Figure 3.1 (make sure that the lead of the capacitor at
the arrow head side is connected to the ground. )
2. Turn on the power supply, and set the output of the power supply 10V.
3. Short out the capacitor temporarily by connecting a wire parallel to it, So that it is
completely discharged.
4. Close the switch S, and rest the stopwatch.
5. Record the time T1, Corresponding to Vc reaching values indicate in Table 1.
6. Reset the stopwatch.
7. Repeat steps above for time corresponding to the same values of Vc and record your
result as T2 in Table 3.1.
8. Calculate the average time tavg.
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9. Plot a grapg for Vc versus tavg from which determine and calculate C.

Ve(V) T1(s) T2(s) T3(s)

Part 2: Discharging a capacitor (Voltage Vs Time)

1. Connect the circuit as shown in Figure 3.2(make sure that the lead of the capacitor at the
arrow head side is connected to the ground.)
2. Turn off the power supply.
3. Open the switch S, and reset the stopwatch.
4. Record the time T1, corresponding to Vc reaching values indicated in Table 2.
5. Reset the Stopwatch.
6. Repeat steps above for time corresponding to the same Value of Vc and record your
results as T2 in Table 3.2.
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7. Calculate the average time tavg.

8. Plot a graph for Vc versus tavg from which determine and calculate C.

Circuit Diagram:

Presentation/Procedure Coding/Calculation Conclusion

Total Lab Marks: ___________ Checked & Verified by:

Engr. Muhammad Waqas
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