A parallel plate capacitor with air between the plates has a capacitance of 8 pF. The separation between the plates is now reduced by half and the space between them is filled with a medium of dielectric constant 5. Calculate the value of capacitance in the second case.
Answer: 80 pF.
Solution
With air the capacitance is:
With the separation halved and a dielectric :
With the separation halved and a dielectric :
CBSE Class 12 Board · 2006 · All India · Subjective