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asnre metallic platesof Im side are kept O.01 mapart, 2-5 Between the plates of a parallel-plate capacitor there is a
like aparallelpplate capacitor, in air in such a way that one of metallic plate whose thickness takes up n=0.60 ofthe capacitor
r edges is perpendicular to an oil surface in a tank filled
gap. When that plate is absent, the capacitor has a capacity
an insulating oil. The plates are connected to a battery of C= 20 nF. The capacitor is connected to a d.c. voltage source
at
amf 500 V. The plates are then lowered vertically into the oil V= 100V. The metallic plate is slowly extracted from the gap.
Find:
ed of 0.001 m/s. Calculate the current drawn from the
Latery during the process. Take dielectric constant of oil L (a) The energy increment of the capacitor;
ARE (4.425 10A)
(b) The mechanical work performed in the process of plate
extraction.
Ans. ((a)-0.15 mJ (b) 0.15 mJ)
2.2 The capacitance of a parallel plate capacitor with plate
srea Åand separation dis C. The space between the plates in 2-6 In the circuit shown in figure-2.281, ecach capacitor has a
flled with two wedges of diclectric constants K, and K, capacitance Cand cell voltage is E. If switchS is closed, then
respectively (figure-2.280). Find the capacitance of resulting calculate the work done by battery after closing the switch.
cangcitor.

Figure 2.281

Ans.

Figure 2.280 2-7 Find the potential difference - V between pointsA and
Bof the circuit shown in the figure-2.282.

3 Two conducting objects one with charge of +Qand another

th-2 are kept onx-axis atx-3 andx=+4 respectively. The
E
electric field on the x-axis is given by 30*+ .What is the Figure 2.282
Capacitance C of this configuration of objects?
Ans.
Ans. 8.4 mE1 G+C, +

n air cylindrical capacitor is applied with a constant nd the capacitance of spherical capacitor having
2-8 (a) Find
Voltage V200 V concentric shells ofradii a and b (b> a). The space between the
across it is being submerged vertically into a
vessel filled with water shells is completely filled by a dielectric of constant &.
ataavelocity y= 5,0 mm/s. The electrodes
ae capacitor are senarated by a distance d= 2.0 mm, the (b) Find the capacitance if dielectric is filled upto an intermediate
nCurvature radius ofthe clectrodes is radius c (a<c<b) between the shells.
Find the equal to r= 50 mm.
current
Ans 10.11 uA] Mowing in this case along lead wire, if d<<r.
Ans ((a) C 4te ab (b)
k abc
kolb -c)+ ble- a)
2-9 If half' the space between two concentric conducting diclectric constants as shown. The area
spheres be lilled with diclectric of dielectric constant k and the is halfof plate area of capacitor tand half and widih of
ofthe
rest is filled with air. Showthat the capacitance of the capacitor of the capacitor.
Plate area
ofcapacitor
1s Aand
plate
thus formed will be same as if the whole part is filled with the is di2. plate s
dielectric of dielectricconstant(1+k) :

2-10 Two, capacitors Aand B are connected in series across a

100 Vsupply and it is observed that the potential difference 4

across them are 60 Vand 40 V. Acapacitor of 2uF capacitance

2k
is nOw connected in parallel with Aand the potential difference
across Braises to 90 V. Deternine the capacitance ofA and B:
Ans. (0.16 f, 0.24 uF]
Figure 2.284
2-11 The voltage applied across a capacitor having a
capacitance of 10 uF is varies asshown in figure-2.283: Ans,
,10k ¬, A,

2.14 What charges will flow after the shorting of

600 the n-.
in the circuit illustrated as shown in the figure-2 285
400
sections I and 2 in the directions indicated by the atod
200

2 3
(x)

Figure 2.283

At the time instant when the terminal voltage across capacitor

is 600 Vcalculate
(a) The charge on capacitor Figure 2.285
b) The cnergy stored in the capacitor
(c) Draw the curve of current in connecting wires as a function
of time.

2-15 A I uF capacitor and a 2 uf capacitor are conne

series across a 1200 Vsupply line
(a) Find the charge on each capacitor and the voltage ans
them.
Ans. ((a) 6 * 10-'C; (b) I.81; (c)
(b) The charged capacitors are disconnected from the l
and from each other and reconnected with terminals et
2-12 A parallel plate capacitor of5 uF is charged with a 12 V sign together. Find the final charge on each and the
battery and then battery is disconnected and reconnected with across them.
its polarity reversed across the same charged capacitor. Find 600

the amount of heat produced when battery is reconnected. Ans. ((4) 800uC, 800V, 800pC, 400V, (b)C.
Ans. (1.44 mJ]
d
Z-16 If the total capacitance of the combination of
2-13 Find capacitance of the capacitor sbown in figure-2.284 capacitors shown in figure-2.286 berween Aand b
in which four same sized dielectric slabs are inserted with their nC then find n.
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Figu 2.286

Fcapacitor is charged to 100 v After the charging.

7 A 100uFc

disconnected.
The capacitor is then connected in
is Calculate
arak/loanoi
nather capacitor. The final voltage is 20 V.
capacitor.
second
capacity of Figure 2.287
400 aF] Ans. (5w]

The dielectric to be used in a parallcl-plate capacitor has 2-22 Two identical planar capacitor connected in parallel and
etric constant of 3.6 and a dielectric strength of
is to have charged to a voltage U, = 12 V. When you disconnect them
10° Vim. The capacitor a capacitance
10-Fand must be able to withstand a maximum potential o ne voltage source, the distance between the plates of
|PtesO0 V What is the minimum arca the plates of ne one of the capacitors is reduced to one third of the original
distance. What will be the new voltage on the capacitors "?
aacitor may have?
Ans. (6 V)
A[0 0135 n]
2-23 A parallel plate capacitor of plate area A and plate
The snace between the plates of a parallel plate ar separation d is connected across a battery of voltage V and
ctor is flled with an isotropic dielectric medium of which after charging of capacitor battery is disconnected. Now a
teectris constant varies in the direction perpendicular to the dielectric slab of relative permittivity kis inserted between the
jis according to the relation given as plates to fill the complete space between the plates. Find the
work done by the external agent in the process of inserting the
slab into capacitor.
Whete d is the separation, between the plates and k, is a Aas. ( AV(1
tstant. The area of the plates is A. Determine the capacitance
he capacitor.
2-24 A parallel-plate vacuum capacitor with plate area A and
separation x has charges + and-Qon its plates. The capacitor
is disconnected from the source of charge, so the charge on
each plate remains fixed.
wy W0 capacitors Aand B each having slabs of dielectrie (a) What is the total energy stored in the capacitor?
2 are connected in series. When they are (b) The plates are pulled apart an additional distance dy, What
acrOss 230 Vsupply, potential across 4 is 130 V and
is the change in the stored energy?
Etoss Bis 100 V. If the dielectric in the (c) If F is the force with which the plates attract each other,
taler capacitance condenser ot
is replaced by one for which k-5, what
tetbe values of potential then the change in the stored energy must equal the work
i|"68V, 151.32V) difference across them? dW- Fdx done in pulling the plates apart. Find an expression
for F
a Aparallel (d) Explain why Fis not equal to E, where Eis the electric
plate apacitor
capa of capacitance 0.1 uF is shown field between the plates.
tigure-2.287,
.Find Its two
plales
the are 1given charges 2 C
value o f heat t dissipated after switch
is closed : Ans. (a) o :(o)
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2-28 Find the cquivalent
<25 Find the cquivalent capacitance across terminals A&B capacitance
ifeach capacitor is of capacitance
in the circuit shown in figure-2.288, 4 uEebetween te

12 13uf

10u

Figure 2.288

Ans. (7.5uF]

2-26 In the circuit shown in figure-2.289, capacitor Ahas Figure 2,291

capacitance C, - 2 uF when flled with a di-electric slab of
Ans. [7uF]
dielectric constant k= 2. Capacitors Band Care air capacitors
and have capacitances C, 3 uF and C, =6uF, respectively. A 2-29 In the
is charged by closing switch S, alone. given network if potential differenee bh
and g is 2Vand C=3C, find the potential differense h
a &b.

80v

Figure 2.289

(a) Calculate energy supplicd by battery during process of

charging. Switch S, is now opened and S, is closed.
(b) Calculate charge on B and energy stored in the system
when electrical equilibrium is attained. Figure 2.292

Now swich S, is also opened, slab of 4 is removed. Another Ans. (30V]

di-electric slab of K= 2, which can just fill the space in B, is
inserted into it and then switch S, alone is closed. 2-30 The plates ofa parallel plate capacitor are separal'hi
(c) Calculate by how many times electric field in Bis increased, distance d=| cm. Two parallel sided dielectric slabs ofthci!
Calculate also, loss of energy during redistribution of charge. and 0.3 cm fill the space between the plates. I
dielectric constants of the two slabs are 3 and 5 respecth
Ans. [(a) 0.0648 J, Energy storcd in capacitor is c², but energy and apotential difference of 440 Vis applieded across thepàs
supplied by battery is CÂ: (b) 180 C, 0.0162 J; () 0.75, 0.0054 J] Find
2-27 In the circuit shown in figure-2.290. C, =5 uF. C,=29 uE. (a) The electric field intensities in cach of he sue to h
in the firs
C,=6 uF., C, -3 uF and C =7 F. Ifin steady state potential (b) The ratio of electric energies stored
difference between points Aand Bis lI volt, calculate potential the second dielectric slab.
difference across C
B Ans. ((a) 5 x 10 Vim, 3 x 10 Vim: (b) 359]
capacitance C
of
2-31 Two parallel plate capacitors steps
areperme

are connected in parallel then following thecanaan

connected acrossslowlyisNT
Cs ) Abattery of voltage Vis
kis
permittivity &
ofrelative
() Adielectriccslab
s
in capacitor C.
(ui) Battery is disconnected. capacitor

Figure 2.290 fromn

removed

(iv) Dielectric slab is slowly

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<30 ldentical parallel metal plates are mounted in air at equal

produced
in (i) and work done by external agent
heat
dthe (iv).
(n) &
distances d from one another as shown in figure below. The
instep
-DCY;. K - 2XK - 1)c) area of cach plate is equal to A. Calcualte the capacitance of
system between terminals P and .

200 mC isimpared
tto
each of the two identical
Acharge
2-32
plate
capacitors connected in parallel. At=0, the plates
arallel
hthe
capacitors are 0.I mapart. The plates of first capacitor
other with velocity 0.001 m/s and plates of
movet
towards cach
apart with hthe same velocity. Find the
second
capacitor move
circuit.
curent in the Figure 2.295
Ans (2 AJ Ans. (1

charge on the
9.13 Acircuit is shown in figure-2.293, Find the 2-37 In the circuit shown in figure-2.296 find the cquivalent
eandenser having a capacity of 5 uF in steady state. capacitance between terminals A and B.
2ul

SuF

4u 6uF 3u

Figure 2.296
6V
Ans. (3 F]
Figure 2.293
2-38 A capacitor is made of a flat plate of area A and another
Ans. (9 uC]
plate is bent at four points and placed above the flat plate as
2-34 A solid conducting sphere of radius 10 cm is enclosed shown in figure-2.297. Dimension of both the plates are shown
in figure. Find the capacitance of this structure between the
by athin metallic shell of radius 20 cm. Acharge q = 20 mC is two plates.
given to the inner sphere. Find the heat generated in the process,
the inner sphere is connected to the shell by a conducting
wire.
ABs. (95)

Z-35 In the given circuit with initially uncharged capacitors, 24

the switch S, alone is closed and steady state is attained. Now
S, IS also closed. Again steady state is reached. Find the final
Charge on capacitor C,. If now S, is opened and steady state is Figure 2.297
atained. Find final charge on C, and C, now.
Ans.
Tle,A

2-39 A parallel plate capacitor with plates kept at a separation

lcm and plate area 100 cm is connected across a 24 V battery.
Find the force with wihch one plate will attract the other plates.,
10V Ans. (2.5 10 N)
Figure 2.294
Ans. [O, 13.33 w, 2-40 Figure-2.298 shows a capacitor having three layers of
13.33 HC) equal thickness and same area as that of its plates. Layer-1 is
free space, Layer-II is a conductor and Layer-III is a dielectric of
dielectric constant k. Calculate the ratio of energy stored in
Capada
region Il to total energy stored in capacitor when a potential
difference is applied across the plates of capacitor.

Figure 2.299
Ans. [8]

2-42 Aparallel plate capacitor (square

ofl mF. Jt is completely filled with asolid plates) has acapacitay
which is performing small oscillations ofdielectric (contsr
0.1% ofthe length of the plate with a periodSHM of I
with armnlih
Figure 2.298 abattery of 10 V remains connected to the ms. At all i
capacitor
amount of charge that crosses the battery when the Find
Ans
goes from mean position to extreme position. ielectri.
Initially
dielectric is completely filling the space between the at (n0b.
2-41 In the circuit shown in figure below, ratio of capacitors plates
C,/C, = 4/3 and terminal voltage of the battery connected atis
the left end is V. Ifthe terminal voltage of the
battery
at the right end Vis adjusted such that the potentialsconnected
of nodes
k5
1,2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 are in a geometric progression, If V= V,
where x and y are positive integers then calculate the value of
x+y.
Figure 2.300
Ans. (40 C]