After this lesson, you will understand how capacitance reacts in an AC circuit, be able to calculate total values, and understand calculations for capacitive reactance. • Describe the properties of a capacitor and an electrostatic field • Describe how a capacitor charges and discharges • Describe how a capacitor opposes the voltage in a circuit • Identify the values of capacitance • Describe capacitance in series and in parallel • Demonstrate the calculation of capacitive reactance