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Change in energy stored in a spherical Capacitor
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[QUOTE="ssarpal, post: 6854605, member: 729743"] [B]Homework Statement:[/B] An isolated Capacitor is made of a solid conducting sphere of radius R1 and charge +Q surrounded by a conducting spherical shell of inner radius R2 and charge -Q. Initially, the gap between the sphere and the shell has vacuum. Later it is filled with a liquid which has a dielectric constant, K. For diagram, refer to Fig 8.6 in Section 8.1 Capacitors and Capacitance of University Physics Vol 2 here ... [URL]https://openstax.org/books/university-physics-volume-2/pages/8-1-capacitors-and-capacitance[/URL] By how much does the energy change when the liquid is added? Does it increase or decrease? [B]Relevant Equations:[/B] From the same section of the book, eq 8.4 gives the Capacitance of a sphere, 𝐶 = 𝑄/𝑉 = 4𝜋𝜀0 * 𝑅1𝑅2/(𝑅2−𝑅1) Energy stored in a Capacitor is U = Q^2/2C I have attached my solution. Unfortunately, after plugging in the values, my answer is 4 times more than the expected one. What am I missing? [/QUOTE]
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