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What happens if the plates of a charged capacitor are suddenly connected by a conducting wire?

Important Questions on Electrostatic Potential and Capacitance

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New Simplified Physics (Vol 1) For Class 12>Chapter 2 - Electrostatic Potential and Capacitance>VERY SHORT ANSWER CONCEPTUAL PROBLEMS>Q 31
Why is the farad an inconveniently large unit of capacitance?
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New Simplified Physics (Vol 1) For Class 12>Chapter 2 - Electrostatic Potential and Capacitance>VERY SHORT ANSWER CONCEPTUAL PROBLEMS>Q 32

A metal plate is introduced between the plates of a charged parallel plate capacitor. Sketch the electric lines of force between the plates.

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New Simplified Physics (Vol 1) For Class 12>Chapter 2 - Electrostatic Potential and Capacitance>VERY SHORT ANSWER CONCEPTUAL PROBLEMS>Q 33
What is the dielectric constant of a metal ?
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New Simplified Physics (Vol 1) For Class 12>Chapter 2 - Electrostatic Potential and Capacitance>VERY SHORT ANSWER CONCEPTUAL PROBLEMS>Q 34
Is there any kind of material which when placed between the plates of a capacitor reduces its capacitance?
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New Simplified Physics (Vol 1) For Class 12>Chapter 2 - Electrostatic Potential and Capacitance>VERY SHORT ANSWER CONCEPTUAL PROBLEMS>Q 35
For a given medium, the dielectric constant is unity. What is its permittivity?
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New Simplified Physics (Vol 1) For Class 12>Chapter 2 - Electrostatic Potential and Capacitance>VERY SHORT ANSWER CONCEPTUAL PROBLEMS>Q 36
Why do ordinary capacitors have capacities of the order of microfarads?
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New Simplified Physics (Vol 1) For Class 12>Chapter 2 - Electrostatic Potential and Capacitance>VERY SHORT ANSWER CONCEPTUAL PROBLEMS>Q 37

Why does the electric field inside a dielectric decrease when it is placed in an external electric field?

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How is the electric field due to a charged parallel plate capacitor affected when a dielectric slab is inserted between the plates fully occupying the intervening region?

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New Simplified Physics (Vol 1) For Class 12>Chapter 2 - Electrostatic Potential and Capacitance>VERY SHORT ANSWER CONCEPTUAL PROBLEMS>Q 38
The introduction of dielectric slab between the capacitor plates increases the capacitance. Why?