As others have already noted, when a capacitor stores charge it is almost always the result of electrons being moved from one plate of the capacitor to the other. The total net charge on the capacitor as a whole is almost always very close to zero, but there is a separation of charge within the capacitor between the two plates and that is what the capacitance value is referring to.I know that a capacitor stores electric charge but I'm confused as to what that means? Does it the capacitance value refer to the number of electrons it can store or what?
by Duane Benson
by Aaron Carman
by Aaron Carman