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A 0.350-m-long cylindrical capacitor consists of a solid conducting core with a radius of 1.20 mm and an outer hollow conducting tube with an inner radius of 2.00 mm. The two conductors are separated...
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A parallel-plate air capacitor has a capacitance of 920 pF. The charge on each plate is 3.90 µC. (a). What is the potential difference between the plates? (b). If the charge is kept constant, what wi...
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Two parallel plates have equal and opposite charges. When the space between the plates is evacuated, the electric field is E = 3.20 × 105 V/m. When the space is filled with dielectric, the electric fi...
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A budding electronics hobbyist wants to make a simple 1.0-nF capacitor for tuning her crystal radio, using two sheets of aluminum foil as plates, with a few sheets of paper between them as a dielectri...
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The dielectric to be used in a parallel-plate capacitor has a dielectric constant of 3.60 and a dielectric strength of 1.60 × 107 V/m. The capacitor is to have a capacitance of 1.25 × 10-9 F and must...
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Some cell walls in the human body have a layer of negative charge on the inside surface and a layer of positive charge of equal magnitude on the outside surface. Suppose that the charge density on eit...
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A constant potential difference of 12 V is maintained between the terminals of a 0.25-µF, parallel-plate, air capacitor. (a) A sheet of Mylar is inserted between the plates of the capacit...
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The charged plates of a capacitor attract each other, so to pull the plates farther apart requires work by some external force. What becomes of the energy added by this work? Explain.
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Polystyrene has dielectric constant 2.6 and dielectric strength 2.0 × 107 V/m. A piece of polystyrene is used as a dielectric in a parallel-plate capacitor, filling the volume between the plates. (a)...
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When a 360-nF air capacitor (1 nF = 10-9 F) is connected to a power supply, the energy stored in the capacitor is 1.85 × 10-5 J. While the capacitor is kept connected to the power supply, a slab of di...
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