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    A capacitor is a device that stores electric charge between two conductors separated by an insulator. The capacitance of a capacitor depends on the area of the plates, the distance between them, and the dielectric material between the plates. A dielectric increases the capacitance by a factor of its dielectric constant. Capacitance is measured in Farads and represents the amount of charge stored per unit of potential difference between the plates.

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    A capacitor is a device that stores electric charge between two conductors separated by an insulator. The capacitance of a capacitor depends on the area of the plates, the distance between them, and the dielectric material between the plates. A dielectric increases the capacitance by a factor of its dielectric constant. Capacitance is measured in Farads and represents the amount of charge stored per unit of potential difference between the plates.

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    A capacitor is a device that stores electric charge between two conductors separated by an insulator. The capacitance of a capacitor depends on the area of the plates, the distance between them, and the dielectric material between the plates. A dielectric increases the capacitance by a factor of its dielectric constant. Capacitance is measured in Farads and represents the amount of charge stored per unit of potential difference between the plates.

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    CAPACITANCE and DIELECTRICS HANDOUT

    CAPACITANCE d – distance bet. the plates in m

    What is a capacitor? 𝜀0 = 8.85 x 10-12 F/m

    It is a device that stores and releases electric *equation is only valid if the plates are
    charge and electric potential energy. separated by free space. The equation is
    modified if a material is placed bet. the plates.
    It consist of 2 conductors separated by an
    insulator. DIELECTRICS

    Q = CV A dielectric is an insulating material.

    “Stored charge Q is proportional to the potential It is placed bet. the conductors of a capacitor that
    difference V between the plates. The capacitance increases its capacitance by a factor of k
    C is the constant of proportionality, measured in (dielectric constant).
    Farads.” 𝐸0
    𝑘=
    Capacitance is the ability of a body to store an 𝐸
    electric charge. Any object that can be A parallel plate capacitor with dielectric:
    electrically charged exhibits self capacitance.
    𝐴
    This equation expresses the two major factors 𝐶 = 𝑘𝜀0
    𝑑
    affecting the amount of charge stored.
    Increasing Capacitance depends on:
    Rearranging the equation….
    - Insulator’s polarity
    𝑄 - The effect of the dielectric on the
    𝐶=
    𝑉 electric field inside the capacitor
    Capacitance is the amount of charge stored per
    volt.

    Farad (F) = Coulomb/Volt; named after


    Michael Faraday, an English scientist. It is the
    unit of capacitance.

    There are 2 types of capacitors:

    - Parallel-plate capacitor

    References:

    https://www.slideshare.net/christaines/lesson-2-
    capacitors
    𝐴
    C = 𝜀0 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitance
    𝑑

    A – area of one plate in m2 General Physics 2 textbook

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