In this video, we learn how to find the energy stored in a capacitor, and we derive three expressions in terms of the total stored charge, the capacitance, and the voltage across the capacitor.

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This is part of my series on introductory electromagnetism, where we explore one of the fundamental forces of nature - how your phone charges and communicates with the rest of the world, why you should be afraid of the sun, and the fundamentals of electric and magnetic forces and fields, voltages,