Name :

PROGRAM ELIT

Marks:

1. Two thin conducting plates have an area of 0.50 m2 each. They are placed parallel to each other and 25 mm apart. One plate is maintained at +75 V whiles the other at 75 V by a d.c. supply.

(a) Define capacitance of a capacitor.

[1 mark]

(b) Determine the amount of charge stored on each plate.

[4 marks]

(c) Calculate the energy stored in the electric field between the plates.

[2 marks]