Dry air is a pretty decent insulator; it has a very high resistivity of 3×10^13Ω⋅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. Assuming the voltage on the plates is held fixed, what fraction of the total energy stored in the capacitor is dissipated via conduction through air between the plates in 1 minute? (precision 0.01, already know total energy is 80*10^-6 J)
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Dry air is a pretty decent insulator; it has a very high resistivity of 3×10^13Ω⋅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.
Assuming the voltage on the plates is held fixed, what fraction of the total energy stored in the capacitor is dissipated via
*Answer isn't 0.05 or 0.23
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