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JEE Main 20199 JanuaryEvening Shift
Exam
JEE Main
Year
2019
Date
9 January
Shift
Evening Shift
Subject
Physics
Chapter
Capacitance

JEE Main 2019 · 9 January · Evening Shift · Physics · Capacitance

A parallel plate capacitor with square plates is filled with four...

A parallel plate capacitor with square plates is filled with four dielectrics of dielectric constants K1,K2,K3,K4{K}_{1}, {K}_{2}, {K}_{3}, {K}_{4} arranged as shown in the figure. The effective dielectric constant KK will be:

A parallel plate capacitor with square plates is filled with four dielectrics of dielectric constants K _ 1 , K _ 2 , K

Options

  1. AK=(K1K2K1+K2+K3.K4K3+K4)K = \left(\dfrac{{K}_{1}{K}_{2}}{{K}_{1} + {K}_{2}} + \dfrac{{K}_{3} . {K}_{4}}{{K}_{3} + {K}_{4}}\right)
  2. BK=(K1+K2)(K3+K4)2(K1+K2+K3+K4)K = \dfrac{\left({K}_{1} + {K}_{2}\right)\left({K}_{3} + {K}_{4}\right)}{2\left({K}_{1} + {K}_{2} + {K}_{3} + {K}_{4}\right)}
  3. CK = \dfrac{( {K}_{1} + {K}_{4} ) ( {K}_{2} + {K}_{3} )}{2{\left({K}_{1} + {K}_{2} + {K}_{3} + {K}_{4}\right)}_{}}
  4. DK=(K1+K2)(K3+K4)K1+K2+K3+K4K = \dfrac{\left({K}_{1} + {K}_{2}\right) ( {K}_{3} + {K}_{4} )}{{K}_{1} + {K}_{2} + {K}_{3} + {K}_{4}}

Correct answer

A. K=(K1K2K1+K2+K3.K4K3+K4)K = \left(\dfrac{{K}_{1}{K}_{2}}{{K}_{1} + {K}_{2}} + \dfrac{{K}_{3} . {K}_{4}}{{K}_{3} + {K}_{4}}\right)

Step-by-step solution

A parallel plate capacitor with square plates is filled with four dielectrics of dielectric constants K _ 1 , K _ 2 , K

C1{C}_{1} and C2{C}_{2} are in series.

The equivalent capacitance of C1{C}_{1} and C2{C}_{2} is

C12=∈0A2d2K1+d2K2=∈0AdK1K2K1+K2{C}_{12} = \dfrac{{\in}_{0}\dfrac{A}{2}}{\dfrac{d}{2{K}_{1}} + \dfrac{d}{2{K}_{2}}} = \dfrac{{\in}_{0}A}{d}\dfrac{{K}_{1}{K}_{2}}{{K}_{1} + {K}_{2}}

C3andC4are in series{C}_{3}\text{and}{C}_{4}\text{are in series}

C34=∈0A2d2K3+d2K4=∈0AdK3K4K3+K4{C}_{34} = \dfrac{{\in}_{0}\dfrac{A}{2}}{\dfrac{d}{2{K}_{3}} + \dfrac{d}{2{K}_{4}}} = \dfrac{{\in}_{0}A}{d}\dfrac{{K}_{3}{K}_{4}}{{K}_{3} + {K}_{4}}

Ceq=C12+C34=∈0Ad(K1K2K1+K2+K3K4K3+K4){C}_{eq} = {C}_{12} + {C}_{34} = \dfrac{{\in}_{0}A}{d}\left(\dfrac{{K}_{1}{K}_{2}}{{K}_{1} + {K}_{2}} + \dfrac{{K}_{3}{K}_{4}}{{K}_{3} + {K}_{4}}\right)

∴Keq=(K1K2K1+K2+K3.K4K3+K4)∴ {K}_{eq} = \left(\dfrac{{K}_{1}{K}_{2}}{{K}_{1} + {K}_{2}} + \dfrac{{K}_{3} . {K}_{4}}{{K}_{3} + {K}_{4}}\right)

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