Time calculation
Electricity and Magnetism
Level
2
How much time does a capacitor take in RC circuit to reach the steady state?
infinite
RC
5.8RC
5RC
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1 solution
So at
t=RC
only 63 % is charged, at t=5RC 98% is charged but for Exact
Q=RC
it will infinite amount of time .This is theoretically. But practically we r happy/satisfied if 98% of capacitor has been charged in t=5RC.