1. An air-filled capacitor is made from two flat parallel plates 1.5 mm apart. The inside area of each plate is 7.9 cm². (a) What is the capacitance of this set of plates? C F air = (b) If the region between the plates is filled with a material whose dielectric constant is 6, what is the new capacitance? C dielectric F

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1. An air-filled capacitor is made from two flat parallel plates 1.5 mm apart. The inside area of each
plate is 7.9 cm².
(a) What is the capacitance of this set of plates?
F
Cair
=
(b) If the region between the plates is filled with a material whose dielectric constant is 6, what is the
new capacitance?
C
dielectric
=
F
Transcribed Image Text:1. An air-filled capacitor is made from two flat parallel plates 1.5 mm apart. The inside area of each plate is 7.9 cm². (a) What is the capacitance of this set of plates? F Cair = (b) If the region between the plates is filled with a material whose dielectric constant is 6, what is the new capacitance? C dielectric = F
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1) distance between the plates (d) = 1.5 mm = 0.0015 m Area (A) = 7.9 cm2= 7.9×10-4 m2

 

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