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Old 06-14-2008, 01:51 AM   #11 (permalink)
jamesqf
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No, capacitors discharge as 1/e^t, so after one time constant t, about 63% of the charge flows, in the second time constant 63% of the remainder, and so on out to infinity. Check any basic physics or electronics reference, for instance here: http://www.kpsec.freeuk.com/capacit.htm

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