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1. You have fabricated a parallel plate capacitor in your work shop, but the square metal plates end up not being exactly parallel to each other. They form an angle [tex]\alpha[/tex]. The plates, size L, are held at constant electrical potentials, V1 and V2, corresponding to an electrical potential difference [tex]\Delta[/tex]V = V1 - V2. Plate 1 holds a +Q charge while plate 2 holds a -Q charge.
I'm done with parts a-c, but I need help with these:
d: Find the total charge carried by the plates (Hint: This requires an integral).
e: Show that the value of the capacitance of this capacitor is C = ([tex]\epsilon[/tex]0L)/[tex]\alpha[/tex] *ln(b/a). Does this have all the usual attributes of a capacitance?
[PLAIN]http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/220/unledeyr.png
2. Homework Equations : Already listed one, and E=V/d, and the rest I don't know.
3. The Attempt at a Solution : I don't really have an attempt, I'm stuck, all I know is I'm suppose to use an integral with part d, which is already given anyway.
Thanks for any help.
I'm done with parts a-c, but I need help with these:
d: Find the total charge carried by the plates (Hint: This requires an integral).
e: Show that the value of the capacitance of this capacitor is C = ([tex]\epsilon[/tex]0L)/[tex]\alpha[/tex] *ln(b/a). Does this have all the usual attributes of a capacitance?
[PLAIN]http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/220/unledeyr.png
2. Homework Equations : Already listed one, and E=V/d, and the rest I don't know.
3. The Attempt at a Solution : I don't really have an attempt, I'm stuck, all I know is I'm suppose to use an integral with part d, which is already given anyway.
Thanks for any help.
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