User:Raj.Patel/ENES-100/Poject 3

Week1 Narrative
I have been assigned to the Static Capacitor project. I researched how Static Capacitors work and learned that they are made of two plates seperated by an insulator which is called the dielectric. The insultator stops the negative electrons from moving from the negatively charged plate to the positively charged one. This is causes the charge on the negative side to build up which leads to a discharge once the plate can no longer hold them. I also discovered that the effieciency of a capacitor is determined by the capacitance which is represented by the equation C=V/Q which is capacitance equals voltage divided current.

Week2 Narrative
This week I built a basic capacitor using a bowl and wrapping it with foil and filling it with saltwater and place a steel nail in the center. The nail and coil act as the the terminals of the handmade capacitor. The capacitor does work since it produced a static discharge.

Week3 Narrative
I have been testing different terminals for my capacitor using different types of metal (steel, silver, iron, and tin.) The capacitor had the best discharge with the steel nail with silver and iron coming at a close second. The tin did not produce a discharge,