Impedance of Series RLC Circuits

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written by Pascal Renault

This website includes an explanation of impedance in AC circuits, along with an applet that draws graphs and phasor diagrams for some important variables in the circuit. The explanation of impedance gives formulas for reactance, impedance and resonance, and explains the importance of resonance. The applet allows the user to vary the frequency, resistance, capacitance, and inductance of the circuit, and the applet can then graph the current, the current-voltage phase difference, or the impedance.

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http://mysite.verizon.net/vzeoacw1/impedance.html

Subjects	Levels	Resource Types
Electricity & Magnetism - AC Circuits = Impedance = RLC Circuits - AC - Electromotive Force and Current	- High School - Lower Undergraduate	- Instructional Material = Curriculum support = Interactive Simulation = Lecture/Presentation - Audio/Visual = Movie/Animation

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Formats:: application/java
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Access Rights:: Free access
Restriction:: © 2000 Pascal Renault
Keywords:: RLC circuits, current, phasor, voltage
Record Creator:: Metadata instance created February 22, 2006 by Jason Garman
Record Updated:: July 17, 2008 by Taha Mzoughi
Last Update when Cataloged:: March 28, 2001
Other Collections:: The Physics Source

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This resource is part of a Physics Front Topical Unit.

Topic: Electricity and Electrical Energy
Unit Title: Moving Charges and Electric Circuits

This interactive applet displays the phasor diagram for an AC circuit. Probably best used within a teacher-directed activity, it is intended to show current through a circuit as a function of frequency. By controlling the frequency, resistance, capacitance, and inductance of the circuit, students can conceptualize the relationship of these variables and better understand how to interpret the related graphs.

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