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Parallel Plate Capacitors

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Parallel Plate Capacitors

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The Parallel Plate Capacitor Equation

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Parallel Plate Capacitors

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Multiple Choice

Two circular plates of radius 2cm are brought together so their separation is 5mm. What is the capacitance of these plates?

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Multiple Choice

A 3 F capacitor is given a potential difference across its plates of 10 V. What is the charge built up on its plates? If the source of the potential difference across the plates is removed, but the plates maintain their charge, what is the new potential difference across the capacitor if the distance between the plates is doubled?

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Multiple Choice

What is the smallest possible capacitance of a parallel-plate capacitor with plate area

2500 {cm}^{2}

separated by a distance

0 . 10 mm

, if you can fill it with any of the materials listed in Table 21.3?

Multiple Choice

One gallon of typical gasoline has 132 MJ of energy. You wish to store that much energy in a parallel-plate capacitor for an electric car. Assume you charge the capacitor using a

120 V

power source. You can fill the capacitor with any of the materials listed in Table 21.3, but the spacing between plates has to be 0.080 mm. What is the minimum surface area required for the capacitor? This may help to understand challenges in engineering electric cars.

Multiple Choice

A parallel plate capacitor consists of two circular plates of radius 12 cm separated by

0 . 23 mm

. What is the electric field strength inside the capacitor when the plates carry a charge of

14 µ C

Multiple Choice

What is the capacitance of a parallel plate capacitor with plate area

2500 {cm}^{2}

separated by a distance

0.10 mm

Multiple Choice

A parallel plate capacitor is charged up using a battery. The battery is then removed, and the plate separation is increased by somebody wearing insulating gloves. What happens to the potential difference between the plates?

Textbook Question

A parallel-plate air capacitor is to store charge of magnitude 240.0 pC on each plate when the potential difference between the plates is 42.0 V. (a) If the area of each plate is 6.80 cm^2, what is the separation between the plates? (b) If the separation between the two plates is double the value calculated in part (a), what potential difference is required for the capacitor to store charge of magnitude 240.0 pC on each plate?

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Textbook Question

A 5.00-uF parallel-plate capacitor is connected to a 12.0@V battery. After the capacitor is fully charged, the battery is disconnected without loss of any of the charge on the plates. (a) A voltmeter is connected across the two plates without discharging them. What does it read? (b) What would the voltmeter read if (i) the plate separation were doubled; (ii) the radius of each plate were doubled but their separation was unchanged?

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