Question

8. Consider a capacitor that is made of two large conducting plates that are rectangular in shape (1 cm by 6 cm), aligned parallel to each other, and separated by an air-filled gap of 0.001 cm. This capacitor is included in a circuit where a battery provides 15,000 V of potential difference. When the capacitor is fully charged in this circuit, what is the c

Answer 1

Answer: $7.96\ \mu C$

Explanation:

Given

The dimension of the plate is $1\ cm\times 6\ cm$

The gap between the plate is $0.001\ cm$

Voltage applied $V=15,000\ V$

The capacitance of the capacitor is

$C=\dfrac{\epsilon_o A}{d}\\\\C=\dfrac{8.85\times 10^{-12}\times 1\times 6\times 10^{-4}}{10^{-5}}\\\\C=53.1\times 10^{-11}\ F$

Charge acquired by the capacitor

$\Rightarrow Q=CV\\\Rightarrow Q=53.1\times 10^{-11}\times 15,000\\\Rightarrow Q=796.5\times 10^{-8}\\\Rightarrow Q=7.96\times 10^{-6}\ C$