Energy Stored in a Capacitor

Author:Andhra Pradesh Board
12th Andhra Pradesh Board
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A condenser of certain capacity is charged to a potential V and stores some energy. A second condenser of twice the capacity is to store the half the energy of first, find to what potential one must be charged?

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Two capacitor A and B of capacities C and 2C are connected in parallel and the combination of is connected to a battery of V volts. After the charging is over, the battery is removed. Now a dielectric slab of K = 2 is inserted between the plates of A so as to fill the space completely. The energy lost by the system during the sharing of charges is ?

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An elementary particle of mass m and charge +e initially at very large distance is projected with velocity v at a much more massive particle +Ze at rest. The closest possible distance of approach of the incident particle is 

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Derive an expression for the energy stored in a capacitor. What is the energy stored when space between the plates is filled with a dielectric, with charging battery connected in the circuit.

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Derive an expression for the energy stored in a capacitor. What is the energy stored when space between the plates is filled with a dielectric, with charging battery disconnected.

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4 μF capacitor is charged by a 200 V supply. It is then disconnected from the supply and is connected to another uncharged 2 μF capacitor. How much electrostatic energy of the first capacitor is lost in the form of heat and electromagnetic radiation?

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The plates of a parallel plate capacitor have an area of 90 cm2 each and are separated by 2.5 mm. The capacitor is charged by connecting it to a 400 V supply. How much electrostatic energy is stored by the capacitor? View this energy as electrostatic field stored between the plates of capacitor, energy per unit volume, u. Hence arrive at a relation between u and magnitude of electric field E between the plates.

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600 pF capacitor is charged by a 200 V supply. It is then disconnected from the supply and is connected to another uncharged 600 pF capacitor. How much electrostatic energy is lost in the process?

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12 pF capacitor is connected to a 50 V battery. How much electrostatic energy is stored in the capacitor?