"Since the equation ... decreases as the capacitor increases, we know that the current will be less for the larger capacitor."
First of all, equations don't change; values in them may. Capacitors don't change in the experiment they did; the charge stored on the capacitor is what changes. The current only decreases at a slower rate for a larger capacitor; it's initial and final value has no bearing on what capacitor one uses, though.
"Another error is due to the fact that the timer is pretty quick and we are either getting the measurement a bit too early or a bit too late..."
First of all, equations don't change; values in them may. Capacitors don't change in the experiment they did; the charge stored on the capacitor is what changes. The current only decreases at a slower rate for a larger capacitor; it's initial and final value has no bearing on what capacitor one uses, though.
"Another error is due to the fact that the timer is pretty quick and we are either getting the measurement a bit too early or a bit too late..."
Makes timers counting off seconds are too fast...but they count seconds, so seconds must be too fast...so life is too short?
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Adam D Scott
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