
A parallel plate capacitor is charged and the charging battery is then disconnected. If the plates of the capacitor are moved closer by means of insulating handles, then


Important Questions on Electrostatics
A parallel plate capacitor with air between the plates has a capacitance of . The separation between the plates is now reduced by half and the space between them is filled with medium of dielectric constant . The value of capacitance of a capacitor in the second case is

The capacity of the conductor does not depend upon

The outer sphere of a spherical air capacitor is earthed. For increasing its capacitance,

A parallel plate capacitor is charged and then disconnected from the charging battery. If the plates are now moved farther apart by pulling them by means of insulating handles, then

A parallel plate capacitor is charged and then isolated. The effect of increasing the plate separation on charge, potential and capacitance respectively are

The respective radii of the two spheres of a spherical condenser are and . The dielectric constant of the medium between them is . The capacity of the condenser will be

The capacity of a parallel plate condenser is when the distance between its plates is . If the distance between the plates is reduced to , then the capacity of this parallel plate condenser will be

A parallel plate capacitor of $6 \mu \mathrm{F}$ is connected across battery and charged. The battery is then disconnected and oil of dielectric constant $\mathrm{k}=2.1$ is introduced between the plates. What will be the charge on capacitor?
