The natural frequency of an $L-C$ circuit is $125 \mathrm{kHz}$. When the capacitor is totally filled with a…

The natural frequency of an $L-C$ circuit is $125 \mathrm{kHz}$. When the capacitor is totally filled with a dielectric material, the natural frequency decreases by $25 \mathrm{kHz}$. Dielectric constant of the material is nearly
  1. $3.33$
  2. $2.12$
  3. $1.56$
  4. $1.91$

Solution

The natural frequency, $f_{\mathrm{N}}=\frac{1}{2 \pi \sqrt{K L C}}=\mathrm{Fe}$ When capacitor is totally filled with dielectric material of dielectric constant $\mathrm{K}$ then capacitance $\mathrm{C}^{\mathrm{C}}=\mathrm{KC}$ $\begin{aligned} & f_{\mathrm{C}^{\prime}}=\frac{1}{2 \pi \sqrt{K L C}} \\ & \frac{f_C}{f_{C^{\prime}}}=\frac{1 / 2 \pi \sqrt{L C}}{1 / 2 \pi \sqrt{K L C}}=\sqrt{K} \\ & \Rightarrow \quad \frac{125 \times 10^3}{100 \times 10^3}=\sqrt{K} \Rightarrow \frac{S}{4}=\sqrt{K} \\ & {\left[\mathrm{f}_{\mathrm{c}}=125 \mathrm{kHz}-25 \mathrm{kHz}=100 \mathrm{kHz}=100 \times 10^3 \mathrm{~Hz}\right]} \\ & \therefore \quad K=\left(\frac{5}{4}\right)^2=\frac{25}{16}=1.562 \end{aligned}$

Asked in: AP EAMCET 2016

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