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Ch. 26 - A capacitor stores charge Q at a potential...Ch. 26 - Many computer keyboard buttons are constructed of...Ch. 26 - Two capacitors are identical. They can be...Ch. 26 - You have three capacitors and a battery. In which...Ch. 26 - If you have ever tried to hang a picture or a...Ch. 26 - A fully charged parallel-plate capacitor remains...Ch. 26 - By what factor is the capacitance of a metal...Ch. 26 - An electronics technician wishes to construct a...Ch. 26 - A parallel-plate capacitor is connected to a...Ch. 26 - If three unequal capacitors, initially uncharged,...
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(a) From the definition of...Ch. 26 - You charge a parallel-plate capacitor, remove it...Ch. 26 - (a) Why is it dangerous to touch the terminals of...Ch. 26 - Assume you want to increase the maximum operating...Ch. 26 - If you were asked to design a capacitor in which...Ch. 26 - Prob. 26.4CQCh. 26 - Explain why the work needed to move a particle...Ch. 26 - An air-filled capacitor is charged, then...Ch. 26 - The sum of the charges on both plates of a...Ch. 26 - Because the charges on the plates of a...Ch. 26 - (a) When a battery is connected to the plates of a...Ch. 26 - Two conductors having net charges of +10.0 C and...Ch. 26 - (a) How much charge is on each plate of a 4.00-F...Ch. 26 - An air-filled parallel-plate capacitor has plates...Ch. 26 - A 50.0-in length of coaxial cable has an inner...Ch. 26 - (a) Regarding (lie Earth and a cloud layer 800 m...Ch. 26 - When a potential difference of 150 V is applied to...Ch. 26 - Prob. 26.8PCh. 26 - An air-filled capacitor consists of two parallel...Ch. 26 - A variable air capacitor used in a radio tuning...Ch. 26 - An isolated, charged conducting sphere of radius...Ch. 26 - Review. A small object of mass m carries a charge...Ch. 26 - Two capacitors, C1 = 5.00 F and C2 = 12.0 F, are...Ch. 26 - What If? The two capacitors of Problem 13 (C1 =...Ch. 26 - Find the equivalent capacitance of a 4.20-F...Ch. 26 - Prob. 26.16PCh. 26 - According to its design specification, the timer...Ch. 26 - Why is the following situation impossible? A...Ch. 26 - For the system of four capacitors shown in Figure...Ch. 26 - Three capacitors are connected to a battery as...Ch. 26 - A group of identical capacitors is connected first...Ch. 26 - (a) Find the equivalent capacitance between points...Ch. 26 - Four capacitors are connected as shown in Figure...Ch. 26 - Consider the circuit shown in Figure P26.24, where...Ch. 26 - Find the equivalent capacitance between points a...Ch. 26 - Find (a) the equivalent capacitance of the...Ch. 26 - Two capacitors give an equivalent capacitance of...Ch. 26 - Two capacitors give an equivalent capacitance of...Ch. 26 - Consider three capacitors C1, C2. and C3 and a...Ch. 26 - The immediate cause of many deaths is ventricular...Ch. 26 - A 12.0-V battery is connected to a capacitor,...Ch. 26 - A 3.00-F capacitor is connected to a 12.0-V...Ch. 26 - As a person moves about in a dry environment,...Ch. 26 - Two capacitors, C1 = 18.0 F and C2 = 36.0 F, are...Ch. 26 - Two identical parallel-plate capacitors, each with...Ch. 26 - Two identical parallel-plate capacitors, each with...Ch. 26 - Two capacitors, C1 = 25.0 F and C2 = 5.00 F, are...Ch. 26 - A parallel-plate capacitor has a charge Q and...Ch. 26 - Review. A storm cloud and the ground represent the...Ch. 26 - Consider two conducting spheres with radii R1 and...Ch. 26 - Review. The circuit in Figure P26.41 (page 804)...Ch. 26 - A supermarket sells rolls of aluminum foil,...Ch. 26 - (a) How much charge can be placed 011 a capacitor...Ch. 26 - The voltage across an air-filled parallel-plate...Ch. 26 - Determine (a) the capacitance and (b) the maximum...Ch. 26 - A commercial capacitor is to be constructed as...Ch. 26 - A parallel-plate capacitor in air has a plate...Ch. 26 - Each capacitor in the combination shown in Figure...Ch. 26 - A 2.00-nF parallel-plate capacitor is charged to...Ch. 26 - A small rigid object carries positive and negative...Ch. 26 - An infinite line of positive charge lies along the...Ch. 26 - A small object with electric dipole moment p is...Ch. 26 - The general form of Gausss law describes how a...Ch. 26 - Find the equivalent capacitance of' the group of...Ch. 26 - Four parallel metal plates P1, P2, P3, and P4,...Ch. 26 - For (he system of four capacitors shown in Figure...Ch. 26 - A uniform electric field E = 3 000 V/m exists...Ch. 26 - Two large, parallel metal plates, each of area A,...Ch. 26 - A parallel-plate capacitor is constructed using a...Ch. 26 - Why is the following situation impossible? A...Ch. 26 - Prob. 26.61APCh. 26 - A parallel-plate capacitor with vacuum between its...Ch. 26 - A 10.0-F capacitor is charged to 15.0 V. It is...Ch. 26 - Assume that the internal diameter of the...Ch. 26 - Two square plates of sides are placed parallel to...Ch. 26 - (a) Two spheres have radii a and b, and their...Ch. 26 - A capacitor of unknown capacitance has been...Ch. 26 - A parallel-plate capacitor of plate separation d...Ch. 26 - Prob. 26.69APCh. 26 - Example 25.1 explored a cylindrical capacitor of...Ch. 26 - To repair a power supply for a stereo amplifier,...Ch. 26 - The inner conductor of a coaxial cable has a...Ch. 26 - Some physical systems possessing capacitance...Ch. 26 - Consider two long, parallel, and oppositely...Ch. 26 - Determine the equivalent capacitance of the...Ch. 26 - A parallel-plate capacitor with plates of area LW...Ch. 26 - Calculate the equivalent capacitance between...Ch. 26 - A capacitor is constructed from two square,...
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