A big parallel plate capacitor has two plates with air between them. The area of the plates is 1 m^2 and the separation between them is 0.1m.   1. What is the electric field between the plates if a voltage of 1 V is applied across the capacitor?   2. What is the surface charge density on the plates?

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A big parallel plate capacitor has two plates with air between them. The area of the plates is 1 m^2 and the separation between them is 0.1m.

 

1. What is the electric field between the plates if a voltage of 1 V is applied across the capacitor?

 

2. What is the surface charge density on the plates?

 

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