Capacitors and Capacitance

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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

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In the network shown below, the charge accumulated in the capacitor in steady state will be:

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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

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 The capacitance between the points A and B of the combination is

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The separation between the two capacitor plates is 2 cm and the area of the plate is 300 cm2. Calculate the capacitance of the parallel plate capacitor when the dielectric material is placed between the plates? [The dielectric constant of the material is 5.5].
 

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A parallel plate condenser has conducting plates of radius 12 cm separated by a distance of 5 mm. It is charged with a constant charging current of 0.16 A, the rate at which the potential difference between the plate change is

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

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A capacitor of capacity C1=2 μF is charged to a potential of 100 V. The charging battery is then removed and now C1 is connected to another uncharged capacitor of capacity C2=4 μF. One plate of C2 is earthed as shown. In steady state the charge on C1 (in μC) will be _____ .

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In steady state, current supplied by battery is

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Two plates are at potentials -10V and +30V. If the separation between the plates is 2 cm then find the electric field between them.

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A parallel plate capacitor with plate area 3A and plate separation 3d is filled with three dialectic slabs. Slabs with dielectric constant K1=2; and K2=4 and K3=6 occupies half space between the plates as shown. Then capacity of the arrangement is

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

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The time constant of the circuit is

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In a capacitor which is initially charged such that the left plate of capacitor has charge +Q and the right plate has zero charge at time t=0 s. The total charge on the right plate after closing the switch will be

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Calculate the charge on a capacitor of capacitance C=2.0±0.1 μF and charged to a voltage V=20±0.2 V.

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When the charge on a capacitor increases keeping geometry the same

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

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What is the working principle of a capacitor?

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When a 0.75μF capacitor is charged to a voltage of 20 V, then the magnitude of charge on each plate is

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A neutral spherical copper particle has a radius of 10 nm1 nm=10-9 m. 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