Question: Q. 4. A slab of material of dielectric constant has the same area as that of the plates of a parallel plate capacitor but has the thickness , where is the separation between the plates. Find out the expression for its capacitance when the slab is inserted between the plates of the capacitor.
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Solution:
Ans. Initially when there is vacuum between the two plates, the capacitance of the two parallel plates is,
where, is the area of parallel plates.
Suppose that the capacitor is connected to a battery, an electric field is produced.
Now if we insert the dielectric slab of thickness , the electric field reduces to .
Now the gap between the plates is divided in two parts, for distance there is electric field and for the remaining distance , the electric field is . If be the potential difference between the plates of the capacitor, then
We know,