Electricity & Magnetism · ac circuits

Capacitive Reactance

Gives opposition to alternating current from an ideal capacitor.

X_C = 1 / 2πfC

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Variables

X_C
capacitive reactanceΩ
f
frequencyHz
C
capacitanceF

Reference details

Subject
Electricity & Magnetism
Topic
ac circuits
Plain text
X_C = 1 / (2 pi f C)

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