JEE Main202325 Jan 2023Evening ShiftPhysicsCapacitanceActual
A capacitor has capacitance 5 µ F when its parallel plates are separated by air medium of thickness d . A slab of material of dielectric constant 1 . 5 having area equal to that of plates but thickness d 2 is inserted between the plates. Capacitance of the capacitor in the presence of slab will be ______ µ F .
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Step-by-step solution
Capacitance of the parallel plate capacitor when air is present C = ϵ 0 A d = 5   μF After insertion of dielectric, the equivalent capacitance of the new capacitor is C eq = ϵ 0   A d 2 1 . 5 + d 2 1 = ε 0   A d 3 + d 2 = 6 ε 0   A 5 d = 6 5 × 5   μF = 6   μF .