Consider an isolated charged parallel plate capacitor with charge stored Q, plate surface area axb, and distance between the plates d. A nonconducting slab of a similar size axbxd with dielectric constant ɛ is inserted a distance r into the capacitor as shown below. Find the capacitance and energy of the system as a function of x. Assume Q= 28.5 µC, E= 6.5 , a= 23 cm, b= 19 cm, and d= 0.2 cm. Use pF, Joules and meters for the units, but do not put them explicitly. a.

Consider an isolated charged parallel plate capacitor with charge stored Q, plate surface area axb, and distance between the plates d. A nonconducting slab of a similar size axbxd with dielectric constant ɛ is inserted a distance r into the capacitor as shown below. Find the capacitance and energy of the system as a function of x. Assume Q= 28.5 µC, E= 6.5 , a= 23 cm, b= 19 cm, and d= 0.2 cm. Use pF, Joules and meters for the units, but do not put them explicitly. a.

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Chapter20: Electric Potential And Capacitance

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