AC Circuits

RC Time Constant

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Charging and discharging of a 10µF capacitor with variable time constant.
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RL Time Constant

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Pre-assembled circuit board; displays RL time constant on CRO.
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LC Piano

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An "electric" piano; tunes are played by changing L.
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OHP RLC Circuit

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KiloHenries and microFarads allow one to see the current slosh back and forth in this circuit.
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Driven RLC Circuit

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Response of the elements of a series RLC circuit as a function of frequency is observed on a digital oscilloscope.
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RLC Tunable Circuit

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Energized by 60 Hz line voltage, this circuit can be tuned with a movable iron core in the inductor; the R is a light bulb.

RLC Bridge Circuit

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An LC bridge circuit with light bulbs providing the R's; the bridge is balanced visually as indicated by light bulb brightness.

Induction Balance

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Oppositely wound coils produce oppositely induced currents making for a sensitive metal detector

Audio Filters

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Simple RL and RC circuits serve as high-pass and low-pass audio frequency filters
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AC/DC Power

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When a DC voltage is equal to the rms value of a sinusoidal voltage, the powers supplied to separate light bulbs are equal.

Tesla Coil

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Extremely high voltages are generated by the application of a resonant circuit and tuned antenna.

Dust Particle Paul Trap

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An electrically charged dust particle is trapped in a time-varying (60 Hz) quadrupole electric field.

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