Dry air is a pretty decent insulator; it has a very high resistivity of 3 X 10 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.

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Dry air is a pretty decent insulator; it has a very high resistivity of 3 × 10º Q · 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.
Transcribed Image Text:13 Dry air is a pretty decent insulator; it has a very high resistivity of 3 × 10º Q · 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.
How much charge is stored on the plates of this capacitor when fully charged (in nC to 2 significant
digits)?
Transcribed Image Text:How much charge is stored on the plates of this capacitor when fully charged (in nC to 2 significant digits)?
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