The time constant of a circuit where a capacitor C=10nF is being charged connected to a cell through a resistor of 10Ω is.
A
100ns
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B
1ns
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C
10ns
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D
1000ns
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Solution
The correct option is A100ns The constant ‘RC’ has dimensions of time and is called time constant of the circuit.
Thus in this circuit, Time constant=RC=10×10×10−9s=100ns.