If you have an empty, but charged capacitor, explain what would happen in the following situations to the energy stored in the capacitor if: a. a dielectric is inserted, while the capacitor is isolated (charge does not change) b. a dielectric is inserted while the capacitor remains connected to a battery so that the potential difference between its plates does not change. c. You filled the space between the plates with a conducting copper material (assume the copper is touching both plates of the capacitor).

If you have an empty, but charged capacitor, explain what would happen in the following situations to the energy stored in the capacitor if: a. a dielectric is inserted, while the capacitor is isolated (charge does not change) b. a dielectric is inserted while the capacitor remains connected to a battery so that the potential difference between its plates does not change. c. You filled the space between the plates with a conducting copper material (assume the copper is touching both plates of the capacitor).

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