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Electricity & Magnetism · electrostatics

Capacitor Energy

Gives energy stored in a capacitor.

U_C = ½CV²

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Variables

U_C
stored energyJ
C
capacitanceF
V
potential differenceV

Alternate forms

  • U_C = ½QV = Q² / 2C

Reference details

Subject
Electricity & Magnetism
Topic
electrostatics
Plain text
U_C = 1/2 C V^2

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