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How does a capacitor store energy? Can a resistor store energy?

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Answer:

  • A capacitor stores energy in the form of an electric field.
  • A resistor can’t store energy.

Step-by-step explanation:

A capacitor stores energy in the form of an electric field formed between the plates of the capacitor. To establish this electric field ( or to move against it) the charges must do work, and this work its stored in the capacitor.

A resistor can’t store energy. There is a loss of energy in a current passing a resistor, but this is thanks to the heat dissipated by the resistor, and can’t be recovered.

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