REVISION QUESTIONS TEST 2 (SET A)

1. A parallel plate capacitor has plates 2.00 m2 in area, separated by a distance of 5.00
mm. A potential difference of 10,000 V is applied across the capacitor. Determine
the capacitance and the charge on each plate

2. A 3 mF capacitor and a 6 mF capacitor are connected in parallel across an 18 V

battery. Determine the equivalent capacitance and total charge deposited.

C + C +
V= Q
 Q

V Q Q

3. A 3 mF capacitor and a 6 mF capacitor are connected in series across an 18 V battery.

Determine the equivalent capacitance

a
C +
Q

V= c
V C +
Q
Q

b Q

4. Find electric field energy density (energy per unit volume) in a parallel-plate
capacitor
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5. In the circuit shown V = 48V, C1 = 9mF, C2 = 4mF and C3 = 8mF,

(a). determine the equivalent capacitance of the circuit,

(b). determine the energy stored in the combination by calculating the energy
stored in the equivalent capacitance.

C
V
C C

6. Take a parallel plate capacitor whose plates have an area of 2000 cm2 and are
separated by a distance of 1cm. The capacitor is charged to an initial voltage of 3 kV
and then disconnected from the charging source. An insulating material is placed
between the plates, completely filling the space, resulting in a decrease in the
capacitors voltage to 1 kV. Determine the original and new capacitance, the charge
on the capacitor, and the dielectric constant of the material.

7. Consider the combination of capacitors in Figure P16.32. (a) What is the equivalent
capacitance of the group? (b) Determine the charge on each capacitor.

8. Find the equivalent capacitance between points a and b for the group of capacitors
connected as shown in Figure P16.36 if C1 = 5.00 μF, C2 = 10.0 μF, and C3 = 2.00 μF.
9. A parallel-plate capacitor has 2.00-cm2 plates that are separated by 5.00 mm with air
between them. If a 12.0-V battery is connected to this capacitor, how much energy
does it store?

10. In the figure (below), a potential difference of 20 V is applied across points a and b.

(a). What is charge on each capacitor if C1= 10 mF, C2=20 mF, and C3=30 mF.
(b). What is potential difference across points a and d?
(c). What is potential difference across points d and b?

11. In the figure below, each capacitor C1=6.9 mF and C2=4.6 mF.

(a). Compute equivalent capacitance between a and b

(b). Compute the charge on each capacitor if Vab=420 V
(c). Compute Vcd when Vab=420 V

12. A 3.4 mF capacitor is initially uncharged and then connected in series with a 7.25 kW
resistor and an emf source of 180 V which has negligible resistance.

(a). What is the RC (time constant)?

(b). How much time does it take (after connection) for the capacitor to reach 50%
of its maximum charge?
(c). After a long time the emf source is disconnected from the circuit, how long
does it take the current to reach 1% of its maximum value?