A parallel plate capacitor with plate area A and plate separation d = 2   m has a capacitance of 4…

A parallel plate capacitor with plate area A and plate separation d=2 m has a capacitance of 4 μF. The new capacitance of the system if half of the space between them is filled with a dielectric material of dielectric constant K=3 (as shown in figure) will be

  1. 2 μF
  2. 32 μF
  3. 6 μF
  4. 8 μF

Solution

This parallel plate capacitor can be divided into two capacitors. One with dielectric C1 and other without dielectricC2. The two capacitors will be in series.

Initially C=ε0Ad=4 μF

Now, C1=kε0Ad2=2×3×ε0Ad=24 μF and C2=ε0Ad2=2×ε0Ad=8 μF

Finally C'=C1C2C1+C2=24×824+8=6 μF

Asked in: JEE Main 2022 (26 Jun Shift 2)

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