Eight drops of mercury, each of same radius and same charge combine to form a bigger drop. The ratio of…

Eight drops of mercury, each of same radius and same charge combine to form a bigger drop. The ratio of capacitance of the bigger drop to that of each smaller drop is
  1. $8: 1$
  2. $4: 1$
  3. $2: 1$
  4. $1: 1$

Solution

Number of drops, $\mathrm{n}=8$ Let, $\mathrm{r}$ is radius of smaller drop and $\mathrm{R}$ is the radius of Bigger drop. Volume of smaller drops \& bigger drop remains same $ 8 \times \frac{4}{3} \pi r^3=\frac{4}{3} \pi r^3 \Rightarrow R=2 r $ Capacitance of spherical conductor, $C=4 \pi \epsilon_0 R$ Ratio of capacitance of bigger drop to smaller drop is given as $ \frac{\mathrm{C}}{\mathrm{C}^{\prime}}=\frac{4 \pi \epsilon_0 \mathrm{R}}{4 \pi \epsilon_0 \mathrm{r}}=\frac{\mathrm{R}}{\mathrm{r}}=\frac{2 \mathrm{r}}{4}=2: 1 $ $\frac{C}{C^{\prime}}=\frac{2}{1}$

Asked in: AP EAMCET 2023 (18 May Shift 2)

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