Energy Stored in a Capacitor
Energy Stored in a Capacitor: Overview
This topic covers concepts, such as, Energy Stored in the Electric Field, Energy Density in Electric Field, Effect of Dielectrics on Charged Capacitor with Battery Connected & Effect of Dielectrics on Charged Capacitor with Battery Disconnected etc.
Important Questions on Energy Stored in a Capacitor
The total electrostatic energy stored in both the capacitors (in ) is

The heat generated through and resistances separately, when a condenser of capacity charged to is discharged one by one, will be

The area of each plate of parallel plate air capacitor is . The distance between its plates is It is charged to a pot. Diff of . What will be its energy ? What wil be the energy when it is filled with a medium of .

When a dielectric of dielectric constant is placed in between the plates of the parallel plate condenser while it is connected with the source of potential, then

A parallel plate capacitor is charged by a battery and the battery remains connected, a dielectric slab is inserted in the space between the plates. Explain what changes if any, occur in the values of the electric field between the plates and the energy stored in the capacitor.

A parallel plate capacitor is charged by a battery and the battery remains connected, a dielectric slab is inserted in the space between the plates. Explain what changes if any, occur in the values of the capacity of the capacitor.

An ideal capacitor of capacitance is charged to a potential difference of 10V. The charging battery is then disconnected. The capacitor is then connected to an ideal inductor of self inductance 0.5 mH. The current at a time when the potential difference across the capacitor is 5V is:

On increasing the plate separation of a charged capacitor, the energy

A parallel-plate capacitor of capacitance is connected to a power supply of A dielectric slab of dielectric constant is now inserted into the gap between the plates. Find the change in the electrostatic energy (in ) of the electric field in the capacitor.

Three identical large metal plates of area are at distances and ( length of plates) from each other (refer figure). Metal plate is uncharged, while metal plates and have respective charges and Metal plates and are connected by switch through a wire. The heat produced after closing the switch is Find

The value of ratio between the energy stored in capacitor to the capacitor in the given figure is:

A capacitor is fully charged by a supply. It is then disconnected from the supply and is connected to another uncharged capacitor in parallel. The electrostatic energy that is lost in this process by the time the charge is redistributed between them is (in )______.

Two capacitors with capacitance values and are connected in series. The voltage applied across this combination is The percentage error in the calculation of the energy stored in this combination of capacitors is . Write the value of where is the greatest integer function.

The capacitor of capacitance in the circuit shown is fully charged initially, Resistance is .
After the switch is closed, the time taken to reduce the stored energy in the capacitor to half its initial value is:

The maximum charge stored on a metal sphere of radius may be . The potential energy of the sphere in this case is

The capacity of a capacitor is and its potential is . The energy released on discharging it fully will be

Two concentric conducting shells of radius and are shown in the figure below. The inner shell is charged with and the outer shell is uncharged. The amount of energy dissipated when the shells are connected by a conducting wire is

Three plates , and , each of area , have separation between and and between and . The energy stored when the plates are fully charged is

A parallel plate capacitor having a plate separation of is charged by connecting it to a supply. The energy density is

In the given circuit switch is open initially. If and volt, the heat produced is in the circuit after closing the switch. Find .
