To form a composite 16 micro farad 1000 volt capacitor from a supply o...
You have capacitors rated for 250 Volts and you need the combination to have voltage rating of 1000 volts. Hence it is obvious that you should connect four numbers in series. For such a series connection, effective capacitance is 2 micro farad, because 1/Ceffective = 1/C1 + 1/C2 +1/C3 +1/C4 = 1/8 + 1/8 + 1/8 + 1/8 = 1/2.
Therefore Ceffective = 2 microfarad. Hence the series combination is equivalent of 2 mcrofarads, 1000 Volts. To have capacitance of 16 microfarads, you should connect 8 such series combinations in parallel, because in parallel combination, effective capacitance is equal to summation of each capacitor. Hence capacitors required will be:
4 nos for each series combinations × 8 such combinations = 32 capacitors...
To form a composite 16 micro farad 1000 volt capacitor from a supply o...
Calculating the number of capacitors required:
To form a composite capacitor with a capacitance of 16 micro farads and a voltage rating of 1000 volts, we need to determine the minimum number of capacitors required.
Given:
- Capacitors available have a capacitance of 250 volts and a voltage rating of 250 volts.
To calculate the number of capacitors required, we can use the formula:
Total capacitance = (Individual capacitance) x (Number of capacitors)
Given that the total capacitance required is 16 micro farads, and the individual capacitance of each capacitor is 250 volts, we can substitute these values into the formula:
16 micro farads = 250 volts x (Number of capacitors)
Solving the equation:
To solve for the number of capacitors, we need to rearrange the equation:
(Number of capacitors) = (Total capacitance) / (Individual capacitance)
Plugging in the values:
(Number of capacitors) = 16 micro farads / 250 volts
Converting the units to maintain consistency:
(Number of capacitors) = (16 x 10^-6 farads) / (250 volts)
(Number of capacitors) = 6.4 x 10^-8 farads/volt
Calculating the number of capacitors:
To determine the minimum number of capacitors required, we need to divide the total capacitance by the individual capacitance.
(Number of capacitors) = (6.4 x 10^-8 farads/volt) / (250 volts)
(Number of capacitors) = 2.56 x 10^-10 farads/volt
Since the number of capacitors cannot be a fraction or a decimal, we need to round up to the nearest whole number. Therefore, the minimum number of capacitors required is 3.
Final Answer:
The minimum number of capacitors required to form a composite 16 micro farad 1000 volt capacitor from a supply of identical capacitors marked as 250 volt micro farads is option A. 40.