
| The capacitor
opposes the flow of ac current, as a resistor does in a dc circuit.
This opposition
is called capacitive reactance, Xc.
The bottom formula shows how capacitive reactance is calculated. f is the frequency of the applied voltage, and C is the value of the capacitor in Farads. It can be seen
from this formula that the value of Xc goes
down as the frequency increases.
This means that as the value of C or f increases, the opposition to the flow of ac current decreases, and the lamp will glow brighter. |