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An LC circuit has an inductor with inductance 0.05 H and a capacitor with capacitance 5 μF. All of the energy is stored in the capacitor at t=0, and the total charge is 3×10-5 C. (a) What is the angular frequency of the oscillations in this circuit? (b) Find a mathematic equation for q(t). (c) What is the maximum current flow through the circuit? (d) How long does it take the capacitor to become completely discharged?
Given inductance L = 0.05 H and capacitance C = 5 μF.
1.
The angular frequency of the oscillations
2.
The capacitor is completely charged at t=0.
So q(0) = =
from (1)
q(t) =
= () cos ()
3.
The current is maximum when all the energy is stored in the Inductor. From the Law of Energy Conservation
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=
4.
The Capacitor becomes completely discharge in one fourth of a cycle or during a time T/4, where T is the period of the oscillations.
= s
=
The time taken for capacitor to become fully charged
T/4 =
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