Current in capacitor RC

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ironasona

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Hi , i was just wondering how would i find the current through a capacitor (Series RC circuit)

I found a questions online which asks to find the voltage and the current through a capacitor at 1kHz and 10Khz

Capacitor = 0.01uF
Resistor = 100 Ohms
Voltage Source = 10v

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MrChips

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Since R and C are in series the current in C must be the same as the current in R.
Therefore, calculate the current in R.

What is the total impedance of the circuit?
 

MrChips

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Ok
Current Irms = Vrms / Ztotal

Voltage Source = 10V
We don't know what this means.
I would read this to mean Voltage Source = 10VDC.
 

MrChips

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No. If the voltage source is 10VDC, the current will eventually be zero when the capacitor becomes fully charged to 10V.

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MrChips

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is it the same thing happen if the circuit is AC ?
The circuit is not defined as AC or DC.
You need to define the excitation voltage as a function of time.

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btw,
1μF = 0.000001F = 1 x 10^-6 F
 

MrAl

Joined Jun 17, 2014
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Hi , i was just wondering how would i find the current through a capacitor (Series RC circuit)

I found a questions online which asks to find the voltage and the current through a capacitor at 1kHz and 10Khz

Capacitor = 0.01uF
Resistor = 100 Ohms
Voltage Source = 10v

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By that post i would say this is an AC analysis problem.
What i dont get though it why there are three different cap values: 0.01uf, 1e-4 F, and 1e-6 F.
With 1e-6F i get a similar result but mine comes out to 0.0532018 to that many digits. Units in correlated units volts to amps (peak, peak, or RMS, RMS, etc.). So my result is slightly different using 1e-6 Farads.
I also followed suit with f=1000Hz and R=100 Ohms.
 
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