Exercise 7.4 Provide a model for the capacitance C, given the area of the Aluminum foil A, the thickness of the paper d...
Goals of Procedure: Predict: 1. Build a capacitor with Aluminum foil and paper. Measure its capacitance. 2. Either vary the separation distance or the capacitor area and verify experimentally, whether the uniformity of the electric field holds for your capacitor. Prediction: 1. Find an equation for the capacitance C from a parallel-plate capacitor given K as the dielectric constant for a filler medium. 2. Make a graph of the capacitance versus plate area. 3. Make a graph of the capacitance...
A parallel plate capacitor of capacitance C0 has plates of area A with separation d between them. When it is connected to a battery of voltage V0, it has charge of magnitude Q0 on its plates. While it is connected to the battery the space between the plates is filled with a material of dielectric constant k=3. After the dielectric is added, the magnitude of the charge on the plates and the new capacitance are
A parallel plate capacitor of capacitance C0 has plates of area A with separation d between them. When it is connected to a battery of voltage V0, it has charge of magnitude Q0 on its plates. The plates are pulled apart to a separation 2d while the capacitor remains connected to the battery and the space between the plates is filled halfway with a material having the dielectric constant K. What are the capacitance and the magnitude of the charge...
Two parallel plates, each having area A 3676cm are connected to the terminals of a battery of voltage V, 6 V A as shown. The plates are separated by a distance d 0.42cm. You may assume (contrary to the drawing) that the separation between the plates is small compared to a linear dimension of the plate + A 1) What is C, the capacitance of this parallel plate capacitor? 7.746E-4 uF Submit 2) What is Q, the charge stored on...
Consider a plane parallel-plate capacitor made of two strips of aluminum foil separated by a layer of paraffin-coated paper. Each strip of foil and paper is 4.80 cm wide. The foil is 0.00400 mm thick, and the paper is 0.0200 mm thick and has a dielectric constant of 3.70. What length should the strips be if a capacitance of 7.50 ✕ 10−8 F is desired? (If, after this plane capacitor is formed, a second paper strip can be added below...
Paper has a dielectric constant K = 3.7 and a dielectric strength of 15×106V/m. Suppose that a typical sheet of paper has a thickness of 0.030 mm. You make a "homemade" capacitor by placing a sheet of 21×14cm paper between two aluminum foil sheets (see the figure).(Figure 1) The thickness of the aluminum foil is 0.040 mm. About how much charge could you store on your capacitor before it would break down? If you made 100 such capacitors, and connected...
Two parallel plates, each having area A- 2737cm are connected to the terminals of a battery of voltage Vb 6 V as shown. The plates are separated by a distance d 0.38cm. You may assume (contrary to the drawing) that the separation between the plates is small compared to a linear dimension of the plate 1) What is C, the capacitance of this parallel plate capacitor? Submit 2) What is Q, the charge stored on the top plate of the...
A parallel plate capacitor of capacitance Co has plates of area A with separation d between them. When it is connected to a battery of voltage Vo, it has a charge of magnitude Qo on its plates. It is then disconnected from the battery and the space between the plates is filled with a material of dielectric constant 3. After the dielectric is added, the magnitudes of the charge on the plates and the potential difference between them are 15.
Two parallel plates, each having area A = 2082cm2 are connected to the terminals of a battery of voltage Vb = 6 V as shown. The plates are separated by a distance d = 0.54cm. You may assume (contrary to the drawing) that the separation between the plates is small compared to a linear dimension of the plate. 1)What is C, the capacitance of this parallel plate capacitor?μF 2)What is Q, the charge stored on the top plate of the...
Two sheets of aluminum foil have the same area, a separation of 1mm, a capacitance of 10pF, and are charged to 12V. Thereafter, the source is being disconnected. (a) The separation is now decreased by 0.1mm with the charge held constant. What is the new capacitance? (b) By how much does the potential difference between the plates change as a result? (c) How might you build a microphone based on this principle? (d) What is the amount of work you...