Parallel RLC and Caps

In a circuit containing a capacitor, the impressed voltage is ______ with the applied voltage.

180° out of phase

In a parallel circuit, the current flow through the inductor will be _________.

90° out of phase with the voltage

When a capacitor is connected to a ______ circuit, current appears to flow through the capacitor.

AC

Counter-voltage presented by a capacitor is called _______.

Capacitive reactance

The symbol for capacitive reactance is _____.

Xc

Variable capacitors normally have a dielectric of ________.

air

Non-polarized capacitors _______.

can be used with either AC or DC

A device that opposes a change of voltage is a ___________.

capacitor

Polarized capacitors are also known as _________ capacitors.

electrolytic

Energy in the capacitor is stored as _______.

electrostatic charge

Capacitors charge and discharge at a _________ rate.

exponential

The farad is symbolized by the letter ____.

f

The unit of capacitance is the _______.

farad

A charge curve for a capacitor is divided into _______ time constants.

five

In a parallel circuit, the voltage across the resistor and the voltage across the inductor are __________.

in phase

The JAN standard is used to mark a capacitor intended for ________.

military

Polarized capacitors _________.

must be used with DC only

The unit of capacitive reactance is the _____.

ohm

A capacitor is constructed by seperating two metal conductors called ________ with an insulating material called _______.

plates dielectric

The voltage rating of a capacitor ________.

should never be exceeded

The _______ indicates the amount of capacitance change with temperature.

temperature coefficiant

In a capacitor, the amount of dielectric stress is proportional to the _________.

voltage difference between the plates

The quality of a capacitor is found by Q= ______.

R/Xc

When a capacitor is connected in a circuit with a resistor, the amount of time needed to charge the capacitor is called the _______.

RC time constant

The power in a capacitor is reactive power. The unit of reactive power is ______.

VARs

In a capacitor, the voltage difference between the plates controls the ________.

amount of dielectric stress

A HIPOT is a test used to test capacitor ________.

dielectric

The material between the plates is rated by a value called the _________.

dielectric constant

Increasing the surface area of the plates will cause the capacitance of a capacitor to ____________.

increase

The capacitive reactance of a capacitor is _____ proportional to frequency.

inversely

In a capacitor, the current ______ the applied voltage by

leads 90°

In some capacitors there is a small amount of current flow that flows from one plate through the dielectric materal to the other plate. This current is called _______ current.

leakage