BITSAT2009PhysicsCapacitanceActual
Calculate the area of the plates of a one farad parallel plate capacitor if separation between plates is 1 ~mm and plates are in vacuum
Options
- A18 10⁸ ~m ²
- B0.3 10⁸ ~m ²
- C1.3 10⁸ ~m ²
- D1.13 10⁸ ~m ²
Correct answer
D. 1.13 10⁸ ~m ²
Step-by-step solution
For a parallel plate capacitor C = ₀ ~A ~d aligned & A = Cd ₀ = 1 10⁻³ 8.85 10⁻¹² &=1.13 10⁸ ~m ² aligned This corresponds to area of square of side 10.6 ~km which shows that one farad is very large unit of capacitance.