Imagine 3 charged capacitors (c1, c2 and c3) connected in series in the vacuum. This arrangement has a total Energy U = U1 + U2 +U3 (read like the sum of the energies stored in c1, c2, and c3 respectively). Now we introduce a dielectric material in c2 with dielectric constant K. - Does the charge in the system redistributes (Does the charge in c2 changes)? Why? - Can the energy of the system now be calculated as U = U1 + U2/K + U3? Why?
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Imagine 3 charged capacitors (c1, c2 and c3) connected in series in the vacuum. This arrangement has a total Energy U = U1 + U2 +U3 (read like the sum of the energies stored in c1, c2, and c3 respectively). Now we introduce a dielectric material in c2 with dielectric constant K.
- Does the charge in the system redistributes (Does the charge in c2 changes)? Why?
- Can the energy of the system now be calculated as U = U1 + U2/K + U3? Why?
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