Effect of Dielectrics on Capacitance

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Effect of Dielectrics on Capacitance: Overview

This Topic covers sub-topics such as Electric Field inside a Parallel Plate Capacitor, Induced Charges on the Dielectric Slab Kept inside a Parallel Plate Capacitor and, Induced Charges on the Conducting Slab Kept inside a Parallel Plate Capacitor

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The two plates of a parallel plate capacitor are 4 mm apart. A slab of dielectric constant 3 and thickness 3 mm is introduced between the plates with its faces parallel to them. The distance between the plates is so adjusted that the capacitance of the capacitor becomes 23rd of its original value. What is the new distance between the plates?

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When a conducting slab is kept between two plates of parallel plate capacitor then capacitance.

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A conducting slab has kept between two plates of parallel plate capacitor then electric field inside the slab is

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A parallel plate capacitor of capacitance 90 pF is connected to a battery of emf 20 V. If a dielectric material of dielectric constant K=53 is inserted between the plates, the magnitude of the induced charge will be:

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An electron with a kinetic energy of 100 eV enters the space between the plates of the plane capacitor made of two dense metal grids at an angle of 30° with the plates of capacitor and leaves this space at an angle of 45° with the plates. What is the potential difference of the capacitor?
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Two conducting square plates with length l are arranged parallel to each other at a distance d(1). The space between the plates is filled with a dielectric of relative permittivity εr=4 up to a length x=l/3. The upper plate is given a charge Q and the lower plate is given a charge -Q as shown in the figure. If Q=6 μC then find how much charge (in μC) is present on the portion of upper plate which is in contact with the dielectric?

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A parallel plate capacitor is connected to a battery which builds up an electric field of 60 V cm-1 between the plates as shown in figure-I. Now two initially neutral plates are positioned and connected as shown in figure-II. The plates are at equal distances from each other. Find the strength of electric field (in kV m-1) between the plates B and D.

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A parallel plate capacitor of capacitance C has spacing D between two plates having area A. The region between the plates is filled with N dielectric layers, parallel to its plates, each with thickness δ=DN. The dielectric constant of the mth layer is Km=K1+mN. For a very large N>103, the capacitance C is αkε0 A Dln2. The value of α will be - [ε0 is the permittivity of free space]

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Capacity of a parallel capacitor with dielectric constant 5 is 40 μF. Capacity of the same capacitor in μF when dielectric material is removed is

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The capacitance of a parallel plate air capacitor is C0. If a dielectric of dielectric constant K, and thickness equal to one fourth the separation is placed between the plates, then capacity becomes C. Then, the ratio CC0 is,

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A parallel plate capacitor with plate area 1 m2 and plate separation 1 mm is charged at the rate of 25 V s-1. The dielectric between the plates has a dielectric constant k. If the displacement current through the capacitor is 2.21 μ A then the value of k' is nearly

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A parallel plate capacitor has a capacity 80×10-6 F when air is present between its plates. The space between the plates is filled with a dielectric slab of dielectric constant 20. The capacitor is now connected to a battery of 30 V by wires. The dielectric slab is then removed. Then the charge passing through the wire is

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In a parallel plate with air capacitor of capacitance 8 μF, if the lower half of the air space is filled with a material of dielectric constant 3, its capacitance changes to:

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The radii of two spherical conductors A and B are in the ratio 3:5 Conductor 'A' is in air while B is surrounded by a meditm of relative permittivity 6. The ratio of the capacitances of A and B is

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A parallel plate air condenser has a capacity of 20 μF. What will be the new capacity in μF if a marble slab of dielectric constant 8 is introduced between the two plates ?

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A glass slab is put with in the plates of a charged parallel plates condenser (not connected to battery), which of the following quantities does not change.

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If a dielectric substance is introduced between the plates of an isolated charged air-gap capacitor, the energy of capacitor will:-

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Two dielectric slab of dielectric constant K1 and K2 and of same thickness is inserted in parallel plates capacitor and K1=2K2. Potential difference across slabs are V1 and V2 respectively then :-

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The potential energy stored in the region between plates of a capacitor is U0. If a dielectric slab of r now fills the space between the plates completely then new potential energy will be

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The plates of parallel plate capacitor is connected by a battery of emf  V0 . The plates are lowered into a vessel containing a dielectric liquid with constant velocity v. Then -
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