Series resonance

Objective: find at which frequency will the circuit have the highest value for current in a RLC circuit and understand what is the quality factor, resonance frequency, and also bandwidth.

Procedure:

Build the following circuit and change the frequency and find the peak value for current

So our readings tell us the following

 And then we can proceed to find the bandwidth, the quality factor and the resonance frequency 

And now we change the values of the resistor and capacitor and we get this values for the experimental frequency and the rms current

So we proceed with calculations 

Observations: 

This lab demonstrated how certain frequencies with certain circuit elements can allow voltage through specific frequencies, and block all others. This is particularly useful if you are trying to broadcast/receive a signal at a specific frequency. Our largest margin of error was around 4%, which is indeed supah hawt and secksy.