1. There's a 60PF capacitor with a water gap of 4mm is connected across a 25V battery. A.) calculate the charge, electric field, and potential energy stored in a capacitor. B.) If an insulator with a constant dielectric of 8.0 is inserted between the parallel plates, calculate new capacitance, voltage, electric charge, electric field, and new potential energy in this capacitor.

1. There's a 60PF capacitor with a water gap of 4mm is connected across a 25V battery. A.) calculate the charge, electric field, and potential energy stored in a capacitor. B.) If an insulator with a constant dielectric of 8.0 is inserted between the parallel plates, calculate new capacitance, voltage, electric charge, electric field, and new potential energy in this capacitor.

University Physics Volume 2

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Chapter8: Capacitance

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 53P: A parallel-plate capacitor has charge of magnitude 9.00F on each plate and capacitance 3.00F when...

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