You wish to make an air-filled parallel-plate Capacitor by using two sheets of aluminum foil. The dimension for one rectangular plate is 15.2 m by 0.304 m. The separation between the plates is 0.02279 mm [d]. Calculate the Capacitance in micro-faradays [Co, {μF)]. If we replace the air with wax paper (K = 3.4), what would be the new Capacitance [C, {µF}].

You wish to make an air-filled parallel-plate Capacitor by using two sheets of aluminum foil. The dimension for one rectangular plate is 15.2 m by 0.304 m. The separation between the plates is 0.02279 mm [d]. Calculate the Capacitance in micro-faradays [Co, {μF)]. If we replace the air with wax paper (K = 3.4), what would be the new Capacitance [C, {µF}].

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