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Chapter 26, Problem 62AP
A parallel-plate capacitor with vacuum between its horizontal plates has a capacitance of 25.0 μF. A nonconducting liquid with dielectric constant 6.50 is poured into the space between the plates, filling up a fraction f of its volume. (a) Find the new capacitance as a function of f. (b) What should you expect the capacitance to be when f = 0? Does your expression from part (a) agree with your answer? (c) What capacitance should you expect when f = 1? Does the expression from part (a) agree with your answer?
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