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Two circular metal plates, each of radius 10 cm, are kept parallel to each other at a distance of 1 mm. What kind of capacitor do they make? Mention one application of this capacitor.

Important Questions on Electrostatic Potential and Capacitance

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If the radius of each of the plates is increased by a factor of 2 and their distance of separation decreased to half of its initial value, calculate the ratio of the capacitance in the two cases.
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Suggest any one possible method by which the capacitance in the second case be increased by n times.
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Keeping the voltage of the charging source constant, what would be the percentage change in the energy stored in a parallel plate capacitor if the separation between 
Its plates were to be decreased by 10%?
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Two identical parallel plate capacitors A and B are connected to a battery of V volts with the switch 5 closed. The switch is now opened and the free space between the plates of the capacitors is filled with a dielectric of dielectric constant K. Find the ratio of the total electrostatic energy stored in both capacitors before and after the introduction of the dielectric.

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A parallel-plate capacitor contains one main sheet of thickness d1=1.0×10-3 m and one fiber sheet of thickness d2=0.5×10-3 m. The dielectric constants of mica and fibre are 8 and 2.5 respectively. Fibre breaks down in an electric field of 6.4×106 Vm-1. What maximum voltage can be applied in the capacitor?
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The insulated plates of a parallel plate capacitor has a charge density σ. Show that the wark done in changing the distance from d1 to d2 is

U=σ2A2ε0κd2d1.

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The capacitors C1, C2, having plates of area A each, are connected in series, as shown. Compare the capacitance of this combination with the capacitor C3, again having plates of area A each, but 'make up' as shown in figure below.

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Three identical parallel plate (air) capacitors C1, C2, C3 have capacitances C each. The space between their plates is now filled with dielectrics as shown. If all the three capacitors, still have equal capacitances, obtain the relation between the dielectric constants k1, k2, k3 and k4.

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