Question

capacity of parallel plate capacitor vanes directly as nth power of the distance between two plates. value of n is

• A. 1
• B. 2
• C. -1
• D. -2

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

-1

Answer 2

In a Parallel Plate Capacitor the parallel plates that are connected across a battery, are charged and an electric field is established between them.

• The type of capacitor that has two conducting metal plates known as electrodes and an insulating medium between them called dielectric medium, separating them is known as a parallel plate capacitor.
• The electrodes are arranged parallel and connected to each other through a power supply (battery).
• The conducting plate connected to the positive terminal acquires positive charges whereas the one connected to the negative terminal acquires negative charges.
• The charges are trapped within the plates of the capacitor due to attraction between them.
• The dielectric medium is an insulator like a vacuum, air, glass, paper wool, mica, or electrolytic gel.
• The capacitor is capable of storing finite energy due to the breakdown of the dielectric medium.