Table 1: The length and width of the aluminium foil capacitors overlap area and the corresponding

capacitance value
Width, w/mm Length, l/mm Capacitance, C/nF Number of Pages
150.0 235.0 8.16 1
150.0 215.0 7.35 1
150.0 195.0 7.05 1
150.0 175.0 5.71 1
150.0 155.0 5.09 1
150.0 135.0 4.55 1
150.0 115.0 3.74 1
150.0 95.0 3.13 1
150.0 75.0 2.41 1
150.0 55.0 1.62 1

Table 2: The width length and length of the aluminium foil capacitor overlap area and the
corresponding capacitance value as the separation of capacitors increases
Width, w/mm Length, l/mm Capacitance, C/nF Number of Pages
150.0 235.0 7.84 1
150.0 235.0 5.41 2
150.0 235.0 4.24 3
150.0 235.0 3.29 4
150.0 235.0 2.96 5
150.0 235.0 2.65 6
150.0 235.0 2.29 7
150.0 235.0 2.13 8
150.0 235.0 1.81 9
150.0 235.0 1.69 10
Other necessary recorded data: Residual Capacitance = 0.06nF and Height of 10 pages =1.32mm

Table 3: The area of which the aluminium foil capacitors overlapped and the corresponding
capacitance value recorded
Area to which the Uncertainty in Area to Actual Capacitance, Uncertainty in
capacitors overlapped, which the capacitors C/nF Capacitance, C/nF
A/m2 overlapped, A/mm2
0.0353 0.0002 8.10 0.01
0.0323 0.0002 7.29 0.01
0.0293 0.0002 6.99 0.01
0.0263 0.0002 5.65 0.01
0.0233 0.0001 5.03 0.01
0.0203 0.0001 4.49 0.01
0.0173 0.0003 3.68 0.01
0.0143 0.0001 3.07 0.01
0.0113 0.0001 2.35 0.01
0.0083 0.0001 1.56 0.01
Sample Calculations:

A A=l l w w