Consider a solid cylindrical conductor of inner conductor radius 59 cm and outer conductor radius 97 cm with charge Q that is coaxial with a cylindrical shell of negligible thickness. Find the capacitance, in nF, of this cylindrical capacitor if its length is 86 m and the insulator used is mica (εr = 6).

Consider a solid cylindrical conductor of inner conductor radius 59 cm and outer conductor radius 97 cm with charge Q that is coaxial with a cylindrical shell of negligible thickness. Find the capacitance, in nF, of this cylindrical capacitor if its length is 86 m and the insulator used is mica (εr = 6).

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Chapter20: Electric Potential And Capacitance

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