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Diagram showing a parallel-plate capacitor with two flat, parallel conducting plates separated by a small distance. The top plate is labeled with negative charge and the bottom with positive charge, with electric field arrows pointing from the positive to the negative plate. A side view highlights the plate area A, separation distance d, and voltage difference between plates. A diagram showing the relationships among resistor, capacitor, inductor, and memristor, with circuit symbols, equations, and arrows connecting voltage, current, charge, and magnetic flux variables. Diagram showing a current labeled i charging a capacitor, with side-by-side panels. Each panel displays a blue arrow representing current flowing toward two capacitor plates-one with positive and one with negative charges. Large purple surfaces labeled P and S1 or S2 illustrate different surfaces intersecting the current path, representing Maxwell's displacement current in electromagnetism. Diagram of a multilayer capacitor with alternating thin layers of metal electrodes and ceramic dielectric inside a green plastic coating, and two wire leads extending outward.

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Modified link of Web site: Physics LibreTexts - Capacitors. Nov 08, 2026
Add new Web site: Physics LibreTexts - Capacitors and Dielectrics. Sep 26, 2026
Add new Web site: OpenStax - University Physics Volume 2 - Capacitors in Series and in Parallel. Nov 21, 2025
Add new Web site: Khan Academy - Capacitors article. Jul 26, 2025
Add new Web site: OpenStax - University Physics Volume 2 - Capacitors in Series and in Parallel. Mar 07, 2025
Add new Web site: Digital Commons at VCCS - New Materials for Capacitors (PDF). Feb 14, 2025
Add new Web site: Engineering LibreTexts - Capacitance and Capacitors. Jan 08, 2025
Add new Web site: UMass Amherst Libraries - Applied Electrical Engineering Fundamentals - Capacitors. Dec 07, 2024
Add new Web site: Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research - A Review on Different Types of Capacitors and Its Uses. Oct 25, 2024
Add new Web site: William and Mary - Department of Physics - Capacitors, Inductors, and Complex Impedance. Aug 30, 2024
Add new Web site: Pressbooks - Introduction to Physics - Capacitors. Jun 24, 2024
Add new Web site: University of Central Florida Pressbooks - College Physics - Capacitors and Capacitance. Mar 08, 2024
Add new Web site: MIT Open Courseware -Capacitor and inductors. Jan 05, 2024
Add new Web site: OpenStax - University Physics Volume 2 - Capacitors and Capacitance. Nov 08, 2023
Add new Web site: Energy Education - Capacitor. Aug 18, 2023
Add new Web site: Mustansiriyah University - Condensers and Evaporators (PDF). Jul 07, 2023
Add new Web site: University of Birmingham - Physics A level revision resource: Introduction to capacitors. Apr 29, 2023
Add new Web site: Physics LibreTexts - Capacitors. Dec 23, 2022
Add new Web site: Khan Academy - Capacitance. Sep 05, 2022
Changed “See alsoelectricity: Principle of the capacitor” to “(See also electricity: Principle of the capacitor.)” Jan 22, 2020
Removed cross-reference. Jan 15, 2020
Corrected display issue. Nov 15, 2018
Add new Web site: ThinkQuest - Capacitor. Dec 13, 2011
New article added. Dec 31, 2008
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