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If two conductive plates are placed close together separated by a suitable medium to act as a dielectric. It has an amount of capacitance that can accept a charge. ie a capacitor.
one plate has an excess of electrons and is negatively charged the other is lacking in electrons being positively charged.
pretty basic stuff I know.
If the terminals of that capacitor are shorted the capacitor is discharged.
But can someone tells me what would happen when if after 'charging' the capacitor the two plates are then removed from each others proximity. assume perfect electrical insulation.
One would think that because one plate still had an excess of electrons and the opposite for the other they would still discharge if shorted together by a long wire, even if the plates were separated by a large distance.
Somehow that doesn't seem correct though.
Would they discharge?
If not why not? and if not would bringing them back into close proximity restore the previous charge?
CC
one plate has an excess of electrons and is negatively charged the other is lacking in electrons being positively charged.
pretty basic stuff I know.
If the terminals of that capacitor are shorted the capacitor is discharged.
But can someone tells me what would happen when if after 'charging' the capacitor the two plates are then removed from each others proximity. assume perfect electrical insulation.
One would think that because one plate still had an excess of electrons and the opposite for the other they would still discharge if shorted together by a long wire, even if the plates were separated by a large distance.
Somehow that doesn't seem correct though.
Would they discharge?
If not why not? and if not would bringing them back into close proximity restore the previous charge?
CC