Two copper metal plates separated and charged

[lostinphysics44]

Homework Statement

Two 10-cm-diameter metal plates are 1.0 cm apart. They are charged to +/-12.5 nC. They are suddenly connected together by a 0.224-mm-diameter copper wire stretched taut from the center of one plate to the center of the other.

A)What is the maximum current in the wire?
B)What is the largest electric field in the wire?
c)What is the total amount of energy dissipated in the wire?

Homework Equations

really have no clue on this one, i think maybe i have to combine a capacitance equation, with something, or use that somehow to find the current.

i do know that energy=.5C(Vc^2), but i can't see how to translate this to energy that goes into the wire.

The Attempt at a Solution

any advice on how to attempt this would be great

 

[Astronuc]

The largest electric field must coincide with the maximum potential which would be at the instant the wire short circuits the capacitor.

One is basically establishing an RC circuit by placing a copper wire, which has some resistance, across a capacitor.

See -
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/electric/resis.html#c2

http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/Tables/rstiv.html#c1