Skip to content
Clear highlightsClear Highlight Report a problem

Measuring the Energy Stored in a Charged Capacitor.

The energy transferred to a lightbulb when a capacitor discharges can be measured with a joulemeter. The capacitor's potential difference is measured and the joulemeter is read before and after the capacitor discharge. The difference in the joulemeter reading is the energy stored in the capacitor before it was discharged.

Read the text

Read the text and highlight anything you think is important. When you go on, the text is hidden and you answer from memory.

Next

Specification: OCR Physics A (H556), A-level, 6.1.2 Energy. Topic: Capacitors.

Key terms in this lesson

magnetic field
A region of space in which a moving charge, current-carrying conductor or magnetic material experiences a force.
electromagnetic induction
The generation of an electromotive force in a conductor when it experiences a change in magnetic flux.

More in Capacitors

All 12 lessons in Capacitors · All OCR A-level Physics topics