Hello all. A while back, I was experimenting around (or at least trying to) with electromagnets and the relationship between, as electromagnet implies, electricity and magnets.
For a main experiment, I was trying to create an electromagnetic pulse. Now, in-spite of the the menacing name EMP, I genuinely didn't want to use it for an destructive purposes (I mention this simply for the curious). For this, I needed to make a small capacitor bank.
Now, I was pretty foolish and not too knowledgeable, much like now. I ended up getting some dinky capacitors that held 1000μf. Not only that, but the immensely slow rate they discharged at almost pained me to observe.
Now that I've learned a little bit more, I realize I should have done some research. The one thing I'm still stumped on is the term for how fast a capacitor discharges. I've tried internet searches, but none of the information I obtained made much sense to me. Do all capacitors have a logical pattern to their discharge that can be followed in a formula? Does some device in the capacitor control the discharge rate?
Could someone please offer some information. Thank you.
For a main experiment, I was trying to create an electromagnetic pulse. Now, in-spite of the the menacing name EMP, I genuinely didn't want to use it for an destructive purposes (I mention this simply for the curious). For this, I needed to make a small capacitor bank.
Now, I was pretty foolish and not too knowledgeable, much like now. I ended up getting some dinky capacitors that held 1000μf. Not only that, but the immensely slow rate they discharged at almost pained me to observe.
Now that I've learned a little bit more, I realize I should have done some research. The one thing I'm still stumped on is the term for how fast a capacitor discharges. I've tried internet searches, but none of the information I obtained made much sense to me. Do all capacitors have a logical pattern to their discharge that can be followed in a formula? Does some device in the capacitor control the discharge rate?
Could someone please offer some information. Thank you.