[Virginia Tech Department of Physics]  
Revised 08/13/2009
Physics 2216 Laboratory Equipment List    
Lab 19: Capacitance

 

Equipment List:

  1. Digital Multimeter with capacitance meter (auto range) (D4.1)        
  2. 3 capacitors (about 100 nF) (D3.3)
  3. 2 pairs of aluminum plates (D3.2)
    • Approximatly 30 cm x 15 cm
    • Approximatly 30 cm x 30 cm
  4. 11" x 17" paper
  5. 2 sheets of Plexiglas™ - (D3.2)
  6. Vernier caliper (D5.1)
  7. 30cm ruler (D5.1)
  8. Power supply, 9 Volts (D4.2)
  9. Large capacitor (about 35000 μF) (D3.2, D3.3)  
  10. 10V yellow pilot light bulb with lead wires (D3.3)
  11.  Cables
    • Leads to plug into DMM’s capacitance slot (D7.H)
    • 3-Alligator clip test lead (D1.H, D2.H)

Notes and Tests :

  1. Test the bulbs, multimeters, and power supplies.
  2. To test the capacitance meters measure the capacitance of the aluminum plates. Set the multimeters to the 4 nF scale.

           

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