1. When identical capacitors of capacitance C are connected in SERIES across a battery, all of the following properties are true; EXCEPT a. The charges stored in each capacitor are the same all throughout. b. The potential difference in each capacitor is the same all throughout. c. The effective capacitance is the reciprocal of the sum of reciprocal of the capacitances. d. The effective capacitance is the sum of all the capacitances. 2. When identical capacitors of capacitance C are connected in PARALLEL across a battery, all of the following properties are true; EXCEPT a. The charges stored in each capacitor are the same all throughout. b. The effective capacitance is the reciprocal of the sum of reciprocal of the capacitances. c. The effective capacitance is the sum of all the capacitances. d. The potential difference in each capacitor is the same all throughout. 3. A parallel-plate capacitor with air between its plates is charged until a potential difference V appears across it. Another capacitor, having hard rubber (dielectric constant=3) between its plates but otherwise identical, is also charged to the same potential difference. If the energy of the first capacitor is W, that of the second is a. W b. 1/3 W c. 9W d. 3W
1. When identical capacitors of capacitance C are connected in SERIES across a battery, all of the following properties are true; EXCEPT a. The charges stored in each capacitor are the same all throughout. b. The potential difference in each capacitor is the same all throughout. c. The effective capacitance is the reciprocal of the sum of reciprocal of the capacitances. d. The effective capacitance is the sum of all the capacitances. 2. When identical capacitors of capacitance C are connected in PARALLEL across a battery, all of the following properties are true; EXCEPT a. The charges stored in each capacitor are the same all throughout. b. The effective capacitance is the reciprocal of the sum of reciprocal of the capacitances. c. The effective capacitance is the sum of all the capacitances. d. The potential difference in each capacitor is the same all throughout. 3. A parallel-plate capacitor with air between its plates is charged until a potential difference V appears across it. Another capacitor, having hard rubber (dielectric constant=3) between its plates but otherwise identical, is also charged to the same potential difference. If the energy of the first capacitor is W, that of the second is a. W b. 1/3 W c. 9W d. 3W
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