A parallel – plate air capacitor has plates 1.50m2 in area, spaced 0.800 mm apart. It is charged to 1200 – V potential difference. What energy does it contain? What energy would it contain if it were filled with a dielectric of relative permittivity 3.0 and then charged? What energy would it contain if it were first charged as an air capacitor and then filled with this dielectric?

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A parallel – plate air capacitor has plates 1.50m2 in area, spaced 0.800 mm apart. It is charged to 1200 – V potential difference. What energy does it contain? What energy would it contain if it were filled with a dielectric of relative permittivity 3.0 and then charged? What energy would it contain if it were first charged as an air capacitor and then filled with this dielectric?

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