13Dry air is a pretty decent insulator; it has a very high resistivity of 3 × 10³ 2 · m . Consider acapacitor that has square plates 15 cm on a side, separated by 0.8 mm of dry air. The capacitor ischarged such that it has a potential of 320 V between the plates. Assuming the voltage on the plates is held fixed, what fraction of the total energy stored in thecapacitor is dissipated via conduction through air between the plates in 1 minute? (precision 0.01)

Given Resistivity of air, ρ=3*1013 Ω.mLength of square plate = 15 cm = 15*10-2mTherefore area os…

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Dry air is a pretty decent insulator; it has a very high resistivity of 3 × 101³ 2 · m . Consider a capacitor that has square plates 15 cm on a side, separated by 0.8 mm of dry air. The capacitor is charged such that it has a potential of 320 V between the plates.