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A parallel plate air capacitor has capacitance C. What will be the capacitance of the capacitor if it is half-immersed in an oil of dielectric constant 1.6 with the plates remaining perpendicular to the surface of the oil.

Important Questions on Capacitance and Capacitors

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Two dielectric slabs of dielectric constants K1 and K2 are filled in between the two plates, each of area A, of the parallel plate capacitor as shown in figure, Fig. 4.76 Find the net capacitance of the capacitor.

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Find the equivalent capacitance between the points A and B of the given combination of capacitors, Fig. 4.77. If a battery

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of emf10 V is connected between the points A and B, calculate the total charge in the circuit.

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Find the equivalent capacitance of the combination of capacitors between the points A and B as shown in the figure, Fig. 4.78 . Also calculate the charge that flows in the circuit when a 100 V battery is connected between the points A and B

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Four capacitors are connected as shown in the Fig 4.79 calculate the equivalent capacitance between the points X and Y

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A Van-de-Graaff generator has metallic sphere of diameter 1 m. How much charge in coulomb is required to raise its potential to 2.7×106 volts ?
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Find the equivalent capacitance of the network shown in Fig 4.80.

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 A 2 μF capacitor is charged to a potential difference of 100 V and a 5μF capacitor is charged to a potential difference of 50 V. They are now connected together, positive plate of one with the positive plate of the other and negative with negative. Find the loss of energy due to this connection.
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An isolated sphere is enclosed by a concentric sphere. The outer sphere is now earthed. The capacitance of the spherical capacitor is found to increase by a factor n. Find the ratio of  the radii of the two spheres.