I take an air-filled parallel-plate capacitor and connect it to an 18-v battery. It has a plate area 18 cm2 and a capacitance of 4 pF. After it is fully charged, I remove the battery. What is the energy density in the space between the plates? A) .00007 J/m3 B) .00009 J/m3               C) .000039 J/m3          D) none of these.

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I take an air-filled parallel-plate capacitor and connect it to an 18-v battery. It has a plate area 18 cm2 and a capacitance of 4 pF. After it is fully charged, I remove the battery. What is the energy density in the space between the plates?

A) .00007 J/m3

B) .00009 J/m3              

C) .000039 J/m3         

D) none of these.

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