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The purpose of this chapter is twofold. First we must revise and consolidate our knowledge of the electrical behaviour of resistors, inductors and capacitors1. Second we must investigate the behaviour of these components in first-order combinations before we confine our studies to the commonly encountered steady-state conditions of chapter 2. This knowledge, complemented by an understanding of electrical devices from chapter 3, will allow us to proceed to a study of the main areas of electrical application for engineers. These are electrical machines and utilisation (chapter 4), power supplies (chapter 5) and instrumentation (chapters 6 to 9).
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© 1976 C. H. Laycock
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Laycock, C.H. (1976). Behaviour of Electrical Components. In: Applied Electrotechnology for Engineers. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-15679-5_1
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