
Two medium od dielectric constant and are introduced according to given figure. If then calculate ratio of capacity of part and part and net capacity of system. (Area of each plate is )



Important Questions on Capacitance
and are two parallel plate capacitors having the same area of plates and same separation between the plates. has air between the plates and contains a dielectric medium .
(i) Calculate the potential difference between the plates of and .
(ii) What is the ratio of electrostatic energy stored in and ?


The two identical parallel plates are given charges as shown in figure. If the plate area of either face of each plate is and separation between plate is , then find the amount of heat liberate after closing the switch.

In the following circuit, the resultant capacitance between and is . Find the value of .


Five identical conducting plates and are fixed parallel to and equidistant from each other (see figure). Plates and are connected by a conductor while and are joined by another conductor. The junction of and and the plate are connected to a source of constant e.m.f. . Find
(i) the effective capacity of the system between the terminals of the source
(ii) the charges on plates and .
Given: distance between any successive plates and area of either face of each plate.

A capacitor consists of two air spaced concentric cylinders. The outer radius is fixed, and the inner is of radius . If breakdown of air occurs at field strength than show that the inner cylinder should have
(i) radius if the potential of the inner cylinder is to be maximum.
(ii) radius if the energy per unit length of the system is to be maximum.

