Capacitors and Capacitance
Capacitors and Capacitance: Overview
In this topic, we will explore the concepts of capacitance and capacitors with SI units. It also discusses the role of the electric field and dielectric strength with its values in different conditions.
Important Questions on Capacitors and Capacitance
In the network shown below, the charge accumulated in the capacitor in steady state will be:

Two identical capacitors are connected in series with a battery. Now, the battery is removed and loose wire ends are connected together then the final charge on each capacitor is

The capacitance between the points and of the combination is

The separation between the two capacitor plates is and the area of the plate is . Calculate the capacitance of the parallel plate capacitor when the dielectric material is placed between the plates? [The dielectric constant of the material is ].

Condenser is a device used to store

A parallel plate condenser has conducting plates of radius separated by a distance of . It is charged with a constant charging current of , the rate at which the potential difference between the plate change is

In a circuit, where is resistance and is capacitance which of the following has the dimension of time.

A capacitor of capacity is charged to a potential of . The charging battery is then removed and now is connected to another uncharged capacitor of capacity . One plate of is earthed as shown. In steady state the charge on (in ) will be _____ .

In steady state, current supplied by battery is

Two plates are at potentials and . If the separation between the plates is then find the electric field between them.

A parallel plate capacitor with plate area and plate separation is filled with three dialectic slabs. Slabs with dielectric constant and and occupies half space between the plates as shown. Then capacity of the arrangement is

In the circuit shown, the switch is initially closed for a long time. The switch is now opened so that the capacitor gets charged.
The time constant of the circuit is

In a capacitor which is initially charged such that the left plate of capacitor has charge and the right plate has zero charge at time . The total charge on the right plate after closing the switch will be

Calculate the charge on a capacitor of capacitance and charged to a voltage .

When the charge on a capacitor increases keeping geometry the same

Write the uses of capacitors.

_____ capacitor banks are used to improve the quality of the electrical supply and thus improve the efficiency of the power systems.

What is the working principle of a capacitor?

When a capacitor is charged to a voltage of then the magnitude of charge on each plate is

A neutral spherical copper particle has a radius of . It gets charged by applying the voltage slowly adding one electron at a time. Then, the graph of the total charge on the particle versus the applied voltage would look like
