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Two charges are placed a certain distance apart. A metallic sheet is placed between them. What will happen to the force between the charges ?

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Important Questions on Electrostatics

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What is a capacitor? You know that the capacity of a parallel plate condenser is C=ε0 Ad. What will be its new capacitance C' of the capacitor if a material of dielectric K is inserted between the plates? Calculate the capacitance of the capacitor shown below.

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Which of the following option is the pair of polar molecules?
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The capacity of a parallel plate capacitor with air is 18 pF When a dielectric material is inserted in the space between the plates, its capacity becomes 108 pF.Calculate the permittivity of the material. What is the material?(ε0=8.854×10-12C2N-1m-2)

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Define polar and non-polar molecules. Explain the behaviour of non-polar molecules in a uniform magnetic field.
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Explain the behaviour of dielectrics in an external field.

 

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Distinguish between polar and non-polar dielectrics.
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A parallel plate air capacitor has capacity C, distance of separation between plates is d and potential difference V is applied between the plates. The force of attraction between the plates of the capacitor is
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The dimensional formula of Polarization P is _____
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The force of repulsion between two identical positive charges when kept, with a separation 'r' in the air is ' F '. Half the gap between the two charges is filled by a dielectric slab of dielectric constant =4. Then, the new force of repulsion between those two charges becomes
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The unit of polarizabity of the molecule is _____
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A parallel plate capacitor with square plates is filled with four dielectrics of dielectric constants K1, K2, K3, K4 arranged as shown in the figure. The effective dielectric constant K will be:

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Write the definition of dielectric constant of a medium.
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Three identical capacitors C1,C2 and C3 have a capacitance of 1.0 μF each and they are uncharged initially. They are connected in a circuit as shown in the figure and C1 is then filled completely with a dielectric material of relative permittivity ϵr . The cell electromotive force (emf) V 0  = 8 V . First the switch S1 is closed while the switch S2 is kept open. When the capacitor C3 is fully charged, S1 is opened and S2 is closed simultaneously. When all the capacitors reach equilibrium, the charge on C3 is found to be 5 μC . The value of ϵr =____________.

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Two parallel plate air capacitors of the same capacity C are connected in series to a battery of emf E. Then one of the capacitors is completely filled with the dielectric material of constant K. The change in the effective capacitance of the series combination is
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A parallel-plate capacitor of area A, plate separation d and capacitance C is filled with four dielectric materials having dielectric constants k1k2k3 and k4 as shown in the figure below. If a single dielectric material is to be used to have the same capacitance  C in this capacitor, then its dielectric constant  k is given by

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If relative permittivity for any substance is 80 then its electric susceptibility is _____
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Which of the statements is false in the case of polar molecules?
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For a polar molecule, which of the following statements is true?