Most introductory physics courses include a chapter on RC circuits in which the differential equations for the charging and discharging of a capacitor are derived. A number of papers in this journal1–5 describe lab experiments dealing with the measurement of different parameters in such RC circuits. In this contribution, we report on a lab experiment we developed for students majoring in pharmacy, using RC circuits to simulate a pharmacokinetic process.
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31
, 372
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(Sept. 1993
).2.
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and A. P.
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and R. S.
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See, e.g.,
S. E.
Rosenbaum
, Basic Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics: An Integrated Textbook and Computer Simulations
(Wiley
, New Jersey
, 2011
).© 2013 American Association of Physics Teachers.
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American Association of Physics Teachers
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