a certain capacitor has a capacitance of 4 uf when its plates are separated by 0.2 mm of vacant space.A battery is used to charge the plate to a potential difference of 500 V and is then disconnected from the system.  a.) what will be the potential difference accross the plates if a sheet of mica 0.2 mm thick is inserted between the plates? b.) what will the capacitance be after the dielectric is inserted? c.) what is the permittivity of mica?

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a certain capacitor has a capacitance of 4 uf when its plates are separated by 0.2 mm of vacant space.A battery is used to charge the plate to a potential difference of 500 V and is then disconnected from the system. 

a.) what will be the potential difference accross the plates if a sheet of mica 0.2 mm thick is inserted between the plates?

b.) what will the capacitance be after the dielectric is inserted?

c.) what is the permittivity of mica? 

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