Your 'the rc circuit' report has been received. Scroll down through the document to see any comments I might have inserted, and my final comment at the end.
** Your comment or question: **
** Initial voltage and resistance, table of voltage vs. clock time: **
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** Times to fall from 4 v to 2 v; 3 v to 1.5 v; 2 v to 1 v; 1 v to .5 v, based on graph. **
** Table of current vs. clock time using same resistor as before, again starting with 4 volts +- .02 volts. **
** Times to fall from initial current to half; 75% to half this; 50% to half this; 25% to half this, based on graph. **
** Within experimental uncertainty, are the times you reported above the same?; Are they the same as the times you reports for voltages to drop from 4 v to 2 v, 3 v to 1.5 v, etc?; Is there any pattern here? **
** Table of voltage, current and resistance vs. clock time: **
** Slope and vertical intercept of R vs. I graph; units of your slope and vertical intercept; equation of your straight line. **
** Report for the 'other' resistor:; Resistance; half-life; explanation of half-life; equation of R vs. I; complete report. **
** Number of times you had to reverse the cranking before you first saw a negative voltage, with 6.3 V .15 A bulb; descriptions. **
** When the voltage was changing most quickly, was the bulb at it brightest, at its dimmest, or somewhere in between? **
** Number of times you had to reverse the cranking before you first saw a negative voltage, with 33 ohm resistor; descriptions. **
** How many 'beeps', and how many seconds, were required to return to 0 voltage after reversal;; was voltage changing more quickly as you approached the 'peak' voltage or as you approached 0 voltage; 'peak' voltage. **
** Voltage at 1.5 cranks per second. **
** Values of t / (RC), e^(-; t / (RC) ), 1 - e^(- t / (RC)) and V_source * (1 - e^(- t / (RC) ). **
** Your reported value of V(t) = V_source * (1 - e^(- t / (RC) ) and of the voltage observed after 100 'cranks'; difference between your observations and the value of V(t) as a percent of the value of V(t): **
** According to the function V(t) = V_source * (1 - e^(- t / (RC) ), what should be the voltages after 25, 50 and 75 'beeps'? **
** Values of reversed voltage, V_previous and V1_0, t; value of V1(t). **
** How many Coulombs does the capacitor store at 4 volts? **
** How many Coulombs does the capacitor contain at 3.5 volts?; How many Coulombs does it therefore lose between 4 volts and 3.5 volts?; **
** According to your data, how long did it take for this to occur when the flow was through a 33-ohm resistor?; On the average how many Coulombs therefore flowed per second as the capacitor discharged from 4 V to 3.5 V? **
** According to your data, what was the average current as the voltage dropped from 4 V to 3.5 V?; How does this compare with the preceding result, how should it compare and why? **
** How long did it take you to complete the experiment? **
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I believe a switch is needed to complete this experiment as well.
You can get by without a switch (see revised notes), but when you get to the line
Charge capacitor through bulb then use 'square wave' pattern until voltage reaches 0
you will need the Beeps program, which appears not to work on your computer, so you can skip that part.