Electrostatics Question 39
Question: The capacity and the energy stored in a parallel plate condenser with air between its plates are respectively $ C _{o} $ and $ W _{o} $ . If the air is replaced by glass (dielectric constant = 5) between the plates, the capacity of the plates and the energy stored in it will respectively be
Options:
A) $ 5C _{o},\ 5W _{o} $
B) $ 5C _{o},\ \frac{W _{0}}{5} $
C) $ \frac{C _{o}}{5},\ 5W _{o} $
D) $ \frac{C _{o}}{5},\frac{W _{o}}{5} $
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Answer:
Correct Answer: B
Solution:
When a dielectric K is introduced in a parallel plate condenser its capacity becomes K times.
Hence $ C’=5C _{0} $ .
Energy stored $ W _{0}=\frac{q^{2}}{2C _{0}} $ $ W’=\frac{q^{2}}{2C’}=\frac{q^{2}}{2\times 5C _{0}} $
therefore $ W’=\frac{W _{0}}{5} $
