A parallel plate capacitor is required to be designed using polypropylene as the filler between the plates with a dielectric constant of 2.28. The capacitor is constructed with circular plates of radius 21 mm. Taking the permittivity of a vacuum (so) to be 8.85 x 10-12 Fm-l and n to be 3.142: Calculate the gap required between the plates to give the component a capacitance of 43pF to one decimal place. mm

A parallel plate capacitor is required to be designed using polypropylene as the filler between the plates with a dielectric constant of 2.28. The capacitor is constructed with circular plates of radius 21 mm. Taking the permittivity of a vacuum (so) to be 8.85 x 10-12 Fm-l and n to be 3.142: Calculate the gap required between the plates to give the component a capacitance of 43pF to one decimal place. mm

Delmar's Standard Textbook Of Electricity

7th Edition

ISBN:9781337900348

Author:Stephen L. Herman

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Chapter19: Capacitors

Section: Chapter Questions

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