%0 Journal Article %T Calculating the Time Constant of an RC Circuit %A Sean Dunford %J Undergraduate Journal of Mathematical Modeling : One + Two %D 2010 %I University of South Florida %R 10.5038/2326-3652.2.2.3 %X In this experiment, a capacitor was charged to its full capacitance then discharged through a resistor. By timing how long it took the capacitor to fully discharge through the resistor, we can determine the RC time constant using calculus. %K Time Constant %K RC circuit %K Electronics %U http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/ujmm/vol2/iss2/3