Tuesday 16 April 2019

homework and exercises - How is Capacitance affected by a seperation distance and with or without a battery?


The questions specifically says this :


A parallel-plate capacitor initially has capacitance $C$. The distance between the plates is then doubled, with a $9.0V$ battery connected. The battery is then disconnected, and the plate area is doubled. Finally, a $20V$ battery is connected across the plates.



  • What is the new capacity?


I know that when the battery is connected and the separation is doubled, the capacitance is halved. But from then on I am not sure what to do. I tried to look it up online but had no success.



  • So my question is basically, what happens when we increase the distance separation of a capacitor without a battery? and then add a large voltage?



Thanks guys!




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