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ELECTRICAL PRINCIPLES · Time constants and phase relationships: RL and RC time constants; phase angle in reactive circuits and components; admittance and susceptance

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What is the relationship between the AC current through an inductor and the voltage across an inductor?

  1. AVoltage leads current by 90 degrees
  2. BCurrent leads voltage by 90 degrees
  3. CVoltage and current are 180 degrees out of phase
  4. DVoltage and current are in phase
Why In an inductor the voltage is proportional to the rate of change of current, V = L(di/dt). The current must start changing before any voltage appears in response, so the voltage waveform reaches its peak a quarter cycle ahead of the current peak. That quarter cycle is 90 degrees, so voltage leads current by 90 degrees in a pure inductance.
Watch out The choice saying current leads voltage by 90 degrees describes a capacitor, where the current must flow first to build up the charge that creates the voltage.
ELI the ICE man: in L, E (voltage) leads I; in C, I leads E.
HamSandwich explanation, first draft. The question and answers are the NCVEC text.
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