Practicing Success
Two dielectrics of equal size are inserted inside a parallel plate capacitor as shown. With what factor the effective capacitance increases ? |
$\frac{k_1 k_2}{k_1+k_2}$ $\frac{k_1+k_2}{2}$ $\frac{2 k_1 k_2}{k_1+k_2}$ none of above |
$\frac{k_1+k_2}{2}$ |
Here two condensers are formed, which are in parallel . Area of each = A/2 and thickness = d Total capacitance c = $\frac{\varepsilon_0 k(A / 2)}{d}+\frac{\varepsilon_0 k_2(A / 2)}{d}=\frac{\varepsilon_0 A}{d} \times\left(\frac{k_1+k_2}{d}\right)$ ∴ Total capacitance increases by the factor $\frac{k_1+k_2}{2}$ |