
The electrostatic force between the metal plates of an isolated parallel plate capacitor having a charge $Q$ and area $A$, is


Important Questions on Capacitance
The figure shows an experimental plot discharging of a capacitor in an circuit. The time constant of this circuit lies between :

Two capacitors and are charged to and , respectively. It is found that by connecting them together, the potential on each one can be made zero. Then


In the given circuit, charge on the capacitor changes as is varied from to as a function of is given properly by: (figures are drawn symmetrically and are not to scale)

A combination of capacitors is set up as shown in the figure. The magnitude of the electric field, due to a point charge (having a charge equal to the sum of the charges on the and capacitors), at a point distance from it, would equal :

A capacitance of is required in an electrical circuit across a potential difference of . Many capacitors are available which can withstand a potential difference of not more than . The minimum number of capacitors required to achieve this is

In the given circuit diagram when the current reaches steady state in the circuit, the charge on the capacitor of capacitance will be :

A parallel plate capacitor of capacitance is connected to a battery of emf . If a dielectric material of dielectric constant $K=\frac{5}{3}$ is inserted between the plates, the magnitude of the induced charge will be:
