Phase change in inductors and capacitors

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AVPU

Joined Jun 17, 2011
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Sir, can you please make me understand, why a phase change occur while an ac runs through an inductor or capacitor.
 

ErnieM

Joined Apr 24, 2011
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If you put too much AC into an inductor or a capacitor it will indeed exhibit a phase change as all the magic smoke floats out.

That is a change of phase from solid to gas referred to as "sublimation."
 
In a pure resitance the voltage and current are in phase.

If you apply a voltage to a capacitor through a resistor then max ccurrent flows to start with while the voltage is almost zero. This means the current is leading the voltage. But once the capacitor is charged the voltage is max and the current is zero.
With an inductor the opposite occurrs, the voltage leads the current.
 
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