Parallel plate Definition and 259 Threads

Homework Statement Calculate capacitance of a parallel plate but of made up o two media!? The parallel plate capacitor in the figure below is quarter-filled with mica (εr=6). Its remaining ¾ part is filled with air. The total area of the capacitor is 10 cm2 and the distance separating the...

Calculate capacitance of a parallel plate but of made up o two media!? The parallel plate capacitor in the figure below is quarter-filled with mica (εr=6). Its remaining ¾ part is filled with air. The total area of the capacitor is 10 cm2 and the distance separating the plates is 2mm. Find the...

Questions about parallel plate size... Hi everyone, new member here and I apologize in advance if my questions seem somewhat amateur. Recently I've started learning about capacitors, electrostatics and electric theory in general. I guess I'm having trouble trying to wrap my head around the...

Homework Statement There are 2 parallel plates of unknown area. The area between the 2 plates is completely filled with 150 kg of water. The capacitance is .3 mirofaradays. K of water is 120 and had density of 1000 kg/m^3. Also Eo = 9.1 x 10^-12 C^2/(NxM^2). Determine the distance between...

Homework Statement The parameters of an air-filled parallel plate capacitor are: d = 5mm and A = 500cm2. The charge of the electrodes are Q = 10nC and −Q. Inside of the capacitor in the middle point there is a point charge of 0, 02Q. Find the magnitude of the force acting to the point charge...

Homework Statement So I just wrote my midterm in physics, and I was curious on how to do the last question. Parallel plates, length 5.5cm, Distance between them is 0.3 cm Electric Field (E) is 5.4x10^4 Asking what is the initial speed of a proton going through the parallel plates if it just...

Homework Statement A parallel plate has p.d. V with one end 0V and the other +V. B-field of strength B has direction along plates. An electron is released from rest at 0V plate. Show that if V is less than e(DB)2/(2m) the electron will not reach the other plate. Homework Equations...

Homework Statement I'm asked to find 1)The capacitance 2)The electric field 3)The surface charge density 4)The polarization charge at the interface between the dielectrics. Of 2 set ups. The first one is a parallel plate capacitor which is half filled with a dielectric ##\varepsilon _1## and...

Hello, I am currently reading about what has been alluded to in the title of this thread. I attached a diagram, as it will be of some help. Okay, in my textbook it says: After the battery is attached to the circuit, the capacitors quickly reach their maximum charge. Let’s call the maximum...

Homework Statement The Attempt at a Solution I know that the E-field is definitely affected by the presence of the space charges. Since one side is positive, the positive charges in the air get pushed towards the negative plate. so Enet = Eplate - Echarges But the thing is...

Homework Statement A parallel-plate uniform electric field with a strength of 325 N/C is oriented as shown below. An electron (q = 1.6 × 10-19 C, m = 9.11 × 10-31 kg) is released (from rest) inside the field and moves 3.2 cm to the left. What is the final speed of the electron at the end of...

I'm tasked to find the force one parallel plate exert on the other plate in a capacitor. somehow the force isn't just F=qE, where E=Q/2εA What am I missing here?

Homework Statement What is the electric potential two-fifths of the way through a parallel-plate apparatus (from the positive plate) if the plates have a total separation of 5cm and field strength of 5000N/C.Homework Equations Difference Potential Energy = Electric Field Strength x Distance V =...

I am new with the topic Capacitors .I have read that a capacitor can be charged in two ways .One using the battery which I understand .The other is by charging one plate and grounding the other plate .I am not able to understand how this is done . Suppose +q charge is given to a plate ,say...

Homework Statement Q .1 The plates of a parallel plate capacitor are given equal positive charges. What will be the potential difference between the plates? What will be the charges on the facing surfaces and on the outer surfaces? Q.2 Each plate of a parallel plate capacitor has a...

Homework Statement What is the potential energy of an electron in a parallel plate capacitor if kept on the negative plate before being released? Homework Equations 1/2mv^2 = qV = PE Capacitor Energy = 1/2QV The Attempt at a Solution 1/2mv^2 = qV = PE However if I'm not mistaken there's...

Hi, A parallel plate capacitor is charged from fixed voltage, after I cut voltage source. Now, what's happened if I place a Faraday cage inside capacitor (without touch capacitor) ? Capacity changed ? So energy of capacitor changed ?

Hi, so I'm having a little trouble understanding why... you would put a dielectric in between a parallel plate capacitor? I know it increases the capacitance but it does so by lowering the potential difference sooo... The charge is still the same, I believe the potential energy also decreases as...

Just throwing this idea out there and wondering if there is any reason it would not work. In a parallel plate capacitor, the maximum voltage is controlled by the dielectric strength and the thickness of the dielectric. When using vacuum as a dielectric, there is a voltage dependant leakage...

Homework Statement This is an EM waves class, but we are given the following problem, which seems deceptively simple. I'd like some feedback to see if this is done correctly. Homework Equations Consider a parallel plate capacitor connected with a resistor with resistance R, as shown in the...

Homework Statement If a parallel plate capacitor is charged with charge Q and -Q on its plates, respectively, and then isolated, then we place a dielectric into the space between the plates, does the charge on the plates decrease, or stay the same.Homework Equations U=(QV)/2The Attempt at a...

This doubt is nagging in my mind for couple of days,and its makes the rest of the things so dizzy and confusing.Heres what i thought- What is the electric field at a point inside a parallel plate capacitor? I thought of this-When i place a guassian surface of ,well maybe any...

Force act on dielectric slab on inserting between the parallel plate = [8.85 * 10^-12]b(k-1)(V^2)/2d where b = width of the plate , d = distance b/w the plates , V is the constant potential difference across the plates and k = dielectric constant Which force is acting on dielectric...

Homework Statement Two capacitors, C1 and C2, are separately charged to 166 C and 348 C, respectively. They are then attached in parallel so that the + plate of one goes to the - plate of the other, and vice versa, as shown on the diagram below (notice how C2 was rotated 180 degrees before...

Electromagnetics -- parallel plate capacitor energy storage Homework Statement A parallel-plate capacitor 0.5m by 1.0m has a separation distance of 2cm and a voltage difference of 10V. Find the stored energy, assuming that ε=εo. If a 200-volt potential is applied in the capacitor, (a)...

Homework Statement "An electron is fired from a negative plate towards a hole in a positive plate. It then passes between two parallel plates that are 3 cm long and 2 cm apart with a voltage of 550 volts across them. If the accelerating voltage across the two original plates is 900 volts what...

Homework Statement A 10 gram pith ball having a charge of 1μC is electrostatically attracted to one of the inside surfaces of a large parallel plate capacitor by an electric field between the plates. The plates are vertically oriented so that the electric field between the plates is...

Homework Statement A 10 gram pith ball having a charge of 1μC is electrostatically attracted to one of the inside surfaces of a large parallel plate capacitor by an electric field between the plates. The plates are vertically oriented so that the electric field between the plates is...

Homework Statement A vacuum parallel plate capacitor is given. Its plates are of thickness h, width L (in the plane of the figure) and their distance is D. The plates of the capacitor are perpendicular to the plane of the figure, which is at the same time the symmetry plane of the...

Homework Statement Use Gauss' law to find an expression for the electric field within a charged parallel plate capacitor with two layers of dielectric materials (?r1 and ?r2). (See attached image, this is for question 2a). The Attempt at a Solution My approach would be to split the...

Homework Statement In a region of space between the plates of a parallel plate capacitor 14.0 cm apart, the electric field is 5.50 V/m everywhere. What force would be exerted on a point charge of charge value 2.50 C located 1 cm below the positive plate? 1 cm above the negative plate...

Homework Statement Hi everyone, I'm new here at posting but have found this forum very useful in the past. I have hit a snag with a capacitor problem... any thoughts? Assume you have a parallel plate capacitor separated by one cm of air and one cm of a dielectric with a dielectric constant of...

Ok I took E&M about 3 years ago and decided I needed to review it. I'm up to gauss' law and am getting confused about one thing. If you have two infinitely long oppositely charged plates, solving for the total e field inside is done by making two gaussian surfaces that enclose each plate. Doing...

If you have a simple circuit with only a battery and a parallel plate capacitor with a dielectric, what exactly happens when the battery is turned on? Also, if the voltage of a capacitor with a dielectric is less than the EMF of the battery, what happens to the rest of the voltage? One...

Homework Statement A parallel-plate capacitor is charged by being connected to a battery and is then disconnected from the battery. The separation between the plates is then doubled. How does the electric field change? The potential difference? The total energy? Explain your reasoning...

Homework Statement How does a parallel plate capacitor work (conceptually)? Also how does each plate get charged? Homework Equations The Attempt at a Solution

Homework Statement A 5800-nF parallel plate capacitor is connected to a 14-V battery and charged. What is the charge Q on the positive plate of the capacitor? Homework Equations C = Q/V The Attempt at a Solution This looks like a very simple question. The capacitor is fully charged...

A parallel-plate air capacitor is made by using two plates 16 cm square, spaced 3.7 mm apart. It is connected to a 12-V battery. What is the capacitance? What is the charge on each plate? What is the electric field between the plates? What is the energy stored in the capacitor? What I...

http://img94.imageshack.us/img94/4392/ppcapqs2.png http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/5059/ppcapqs1.png In this question the charge is calculated by isolating Q in E=surface charge density/absalon not My question is, the electric field of an infinite charged plane is E=surface charge...

Why is it that the field magnitude between two plates in a parallel plate capacitor is given by q/(εA)? In my book it is stated that one plate is of charge +q and the other -q. But if each plate is charged, wouldn't you need to account for the electric field produced by both places making...

Homework Statement Consider a parallel plate air filled capacitor with plate area 10cm2 seperated by a distance 2mm.The potential difference across the plate varies as V=360 sin(2π 106t) volts, where t is in seconds.Neglecting the fringe effects calculate the displacement current flowing...

Homework Statement a parallel plate capacitor of 10pF is charged to 10kV ( air dielectric). It is then isolated from battery.The plates are pulled away from each other until distance is 10 times more than before. what is the energy needed to pull the plates. Homework Equations c=εA/d ...

1. An experiment is run to determine the validity of numerous electrostatic principles. A small ball of mass 6.50 x 10-3 kg with a charge of ±1.50 μC is suspended from a non-conductive wire and hangs between two parallel plate capacitors. An angle of 30.0° is measured between the wire and the...

I uploaded the problem statement and the answer in the solution manual. I think the manual is wrong for Q2 which should've been (200V)kC2 not 200VkC1, right?

Homework Statement If one were to consider a parallel plate capacitor with a distance d between them connected to a battery and a vacuum space between the plates. Will the integral form of Gauss' Law to any closed surface between the plates that does not cross either plate hold? If not, what...

Homework Statement The negative plate of a charged, isolated parallel plate capacitor with a vacuum gap of width d and carrying a surface charge density s is uniformly irradiated with a short pulse of ultraviolet light whose photon energy is just enough to release a photoelectron at the...

Lets assume that there is a parallel plate capacitor connected across a supply of V volts. Then, there is charge redistribution between the plates such that finally the potential of positive plate wrt the negative plate is V volts. Let us assume air is the dielectric between the two plates. Now...

1. Homework Statement PLEASE DO NOT DELETE THIS POST, MODS, IT MAY LOOK LIKE THE SAME QUESTION AS BEFORE, BUT IT IS NOT, IT IS A TOTALLY DIFFERENT PART TO THE QUESTION. consider a parallel=plate capacitor with square plates of side L and distance d (<<L) between them, charged with charges...

Homework Statement Find the E field of a parallel plate capacitor tilted at 45 degrees from vertical and moving at a speed v. each plate has plus or minus \sigma_0 for charge density. The Attempt at a Solution Well the E field in rest frame would be E= \frac{\sigma_0}{\epsilon_0}...

I've been thinking about this for a while, and I think people of PF will be able to answer it haha In parallel plate capacitor, we charge the capacitor by connecting a power supply/battery. Then, after few minutes, the capacitor is fully charged with different signs, + and -. With that...