College Physics (10th Edition)
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Author: Hugh D. Young, Philip W. Adams, Raymond Joseph Chastain
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 18, Problem 32P
Suppose you were to design a 1 F parallel-plate capacitor that has a plate separation of 0.01 mm. (a) What would be the area of each plate? (b) Assuming that the plates are square, what would be the length of a side? (c) Would such a capacitor be practical?
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