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Recap - Defibrillator

Part of the Electricity and Magnetism section of Coddy's Physics journey. Lesson 37 of 51.

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A defibrillator charges a 32 μF32\ \mathrm{\mu F} capacitor to 5000 V5000\ \mathrm{V}, then discharges it through a patient's chest, a resistance of 50 Ω50\ \mathrm{\Omega }. How much energy UU reaches the patient in the first 1.6 ms?

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Physics diagram: circuit

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