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Capacitors in DC circuits.


dl9978196

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I have to find potential difference on plates of capacitors in DC circuit.

I am given E1, E2, C1, C2, R1 and R2.

The circuit looks like this:

http://postimg.org/image/y179yiq2p/

 

Voltage at plates increases until at some point capacitors are fully charged and no current can flow throught their branch, right?

So, in this steady state I write equations for each of two loops using Kirchoff's rules and they look like this:

 

E 1 = IR1 + IR2 = I(R 1 + R2)

E 2 = U1 + U2 + IR2

 

where U1 and U2 are voltages on capacitors.

 

I need one more equation to solve the system, so I use this:

q1 = C1U1

q2 = C2U2

 

and q1 = q2 , right, because amount of charge on both capacitors should be equal after they're fully charged?

 

So, is this correct?

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