Little kingdom Sr. Sec.

School
Electrostatic Potential and Capacitance
Physics
Class : 12th

Roll No. : Time - 40:00

Date : 12/09/2020 MM - 15  

If the plates of a charged capacitor be suddenly connected to each other by a wire, what will 1
happen?

2. Calculate the electrostatic potential energy of a system of three point charges q1, q2 and q3 3

located respectively at with respect to a common origin O.

3. A dielectric slab of thickness t is introduced between the plates of a parallel plate capacitor, 3
separated by a distance d (t < d). Derive an expression for the capacitance of the capacitor. What
will be its capacitance when t = d?

4. Two metal spheres A and B of radius r and 2r, whose centres are separated by a distance of 6r, 3
are given charge Q each and are at potential V1 and V2. Find the ratio of V1/V2. These spheres are
connected to each other with the help of a connecting wire keeping the separation unchanged, what
is the amount of charge that will flow through the wire?

Derive the expression for the energy stored in a parallel plate capacitor of capacitance C with air 5

as medium between its plates having charges Q and where A is the area of each plate
and d is the separation between the plates.
How will the energy stored in a fully charged capacitor change when the separation between the
plates is doubled and a dielectric medium of dielectric constant 4 is introduced between the plates?