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Document Type

Research

Abstract

It is a well-known fact that when an alternating electromotive force is impressed upon a condenser the resulting current does not lead the electromotive force by the theoretical ninety degrees. This is particularly noticeable in the case of paper condensers of the telephone type so often used in laboratories for the study of the alternating current circuit. When an attempt is made to interpret such experiments by graphic methods it is sometimes found that the power factor of the condensers is so great that it must be taken into account. The power factor angle or the angle by which the current lags behind the theoretical ninety degree lead is known as the phase difference of the condenser.

Publication Date

1915

Journal Title

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

Volume

22

Issue

1

First Page

311

Last Page

315

Copyright

©1915 Iowa Academy of Science, Inc.

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

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