Re: Real data from real experiments.

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• Subject: Re: Real data from real experiments.
• From: Steve Roys <sroys-at-umabnet.ab.umd.edu>
• Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 23:36:19 -0500 (EST)

On Wed, 13 Nov 1996, Tesla List wrote:

> Hi Group,
> I think the question I posed, way back when, shows the clear conflict
> between theory and reality. If the question is taken as theoretical then no
> clear answer can be found since an infinite current would have to flow
> between the two capacitors. Remember in theory there was no resistance or
> inductance included in the original question and therefore no oscillation
> would occur, damped or otherwise. So maybe in theory the final voltage
> across the caps would be 0.707V.

I see no conflict.  Both theory and reality give .5V as the final voltage.
The problem people had seems to be believing that energy has to be  
conserved between the capacitors rather than charge.

Steve Roys.

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