The voltage across an air-filled parallel-plate capacitor is measured to be 225.0 V. When a dielectric is inserted and completely fills the space between the plates as in the figure below, the voltagedrops to 45.9 V.DielectricCoAVoAV(a) What is the dielectric constant of the inserted material?(b) Can you identify the dielectric?nylonраperbakeliteneoprene rubberteflon(c) If the dielectric doesn't completely fill the space between the plates, what could you conclude about the voltage across the plates?

Voltage across air field capacitor =225V Voltage across capacitor when field with dielectric =45.9V

The voltage across an air-filled parallel-plate capacitor is measured to be 225.0 V. When a dielectric is inserted and completely fills the space between the plates as in the figure below, the voltage drops to 45.9 v. Dielectric Co AV AV (a) What is the dielectric constant of the inserted material? (b) Can you identify the dielectric? nylon раper bakelite Oneoprene rubber teflon (c) If the dielectric doesn't completely fill the space between the plates, what could you conclude about the voltage across the plates?

The voltage across an air-filled parallel-plate capacitor is measured to be 225.0 V. When a dielectric is inserted and completely fills the space between the plates as in the figure below, the voltage drops to 45.9 v. Dielectric Co AV AV (a) What is the dielectric constant of the inserted material? (b) Can you identify the dielectric? nylon раper bakelite Oneoprene rubber teflon (c) If the dielectric doesn't completely fill the space between the plates, what could you conclude about the voltage across the plates?

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Chapter20: Electric Potential And Capacitance

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