A parallel plate capacitor with plate separation 5 mm is charged up by a battery. It is found that on…

A parallel plate capacitor with plate separation 5 mm is charged up by a battery. It is found that on introducing a dielectric sheet of thickness 2 mm, while keeping the battery connections intact, the capacitor draws 25% more charge from the battery than before. The dielectric constant of the sheet is ____.

Solution

Without dielectric, capacitance will be C=Aε0d.

Therefore, charge on it, Q=Aε0dV

Now, with dielectric capacitance will be C'=Aε0d-t+tK.

Hence, charge on it will be Q'=Aε0Vd-t+tK

Given:

Aε0Vd-t+tK=1.25Aε0Vd

1.253+2K=5

K=2

Asked in: JEE Main 2024 (31 Jan Shift 1)

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