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Dielectrics

Demonstration
Capacitor with Dielectrics
This demonstration includes a picture, description, suggestion of use, equipment needed, and the approximate setup time.
  Capacitor with Dielectrics

Lecture Notes and Tutorials
Notes from PhysicsLAB by Catherine H. Colwell
These notes contain detailed explanations of background material, annotated diagrams and illustrations, and solved examples.
  Parallel Plates
  Properties of Parallel-Plate Capacitors

Capacitors and Dielectrics
These notes from Frank Wolfs at the University of Rochester contain calculus-level, detailed explanations of background material, annotated diagrams and illustrations, and solved examples.
  Capacitors and Dielectrics

Exploration
Factors Affecting Capacitance
This site from Florida State University explores how varying certain parameters affects the capacitance of a capacitor with an excellent interactive simulation.
  Factors Affecting Capacitance

An Introduction to Capacitance
This site from Florida State University includes history of capacitors, description, charging, discharging, dielectrics, and capacitors in series and parallel with excellent interactive simulations.
  An Introduction to Capacitance


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