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--- 184_notes:c_series [2021/03/18 02:49] – [Loop Rule and Voltage in Series] bartonmo
+++ 184_notes:c_series [2021/03/18 02:49] – [Node Rule and Charge in Series] bartonmo
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 [{{  184_notes:Week8_10.png?600|Electron movement around a circuit with two capacitors - capacitors in series always have the same total charge on each plate}}]
-Consider what happens to the charge around a circuit with two capacitors in series. After the circuit is connected, electrons begin to move through the wires and collect on one plate. For every electron that gets stuck on the plate, it pushes another negative off the opposite plate. This electron continues moving down the wire (providing the electron current) until it becomes stuck on the first plate of the second capacitor. This in turn pushes an electron off the second plate of the capacitor, that continues to travel toward the battery. Because of this chain reaction, **//the charge on each of the capacitors in series must be the same//**. (This is similar to how current was the same for resistors in series.)
+Consider what happens to the charge around a circuit with two capacitors in series. After the circuit is connected, electrons begin to move through the wires and collect on one plate. For every electron that gets stuck on the plate, it pushes another negative off the opposite plate. This electron continues moving down the wire (providing the electron current) until it becomes stuck on the first plate of the second capacitor. This in turn pushes an electron off the second plate of the capacitor, that continues to travel toward the battery. Because of this chain reaction, **the charge on each of the capacitors in series must be the same**. (This is similar to how current was the same for resistors in series.)
 $$Q_1=Q_2$$