CAPACITORS

1. Electrostatics of Conductors r r a) Field inside the conductor is zero E 0 = E p . The charges reside on the surface.

b) Electric just outside the conductor is to the surface of conductor. c) Electrostatic Potential is same all throughout the charged conductor. d) Electric field near the surface of charged conductor: e) Surface Charge Density: 2. Capacitance: C =

1 r2 = 2 r1

q V C medium = KA 0 = KC vacuum d
2 0 L r log e b r a

A 0 d 4 0 (ra rb ) Spherical Capacitor: C = rb ra

Parallel Plate Capacitor: C = 3. Grouping of Capacitors: 1 = Series Grouping: Cs

Cylindrical Capacitor: C =

1
i

V = V1 + V 2

C2 V1 = C +C 2 1 C1 q1 = C +C 2 1

C1 V2 = C +C 2 1

Parallel Grouping: C p =

q = q1 + q 2

C2 q2 = C + C q 2 1 q2 1 1 4. Energy stored in Capacitor: U = CV 2 = qV = 2 2 2C U 1 = 0E2 5. Energy Density of parallel plate capacitor: u = Vol 2 6. Loss of Energy due to Sharing of Charges C V + C 2V2 C C (V V2 )2 Common Potential: V = 1 1 Energy Loss: U = 1 2 1 C1 + C 2 2(C1 + C 2 ) 7. Dielectrics 1 1 1 E p = E 0 1 p = 0 1 q p = q 0 1 K K K For Conductors: K = E = 0 , else q p q and p
Capacitance with Dielectric: C =

A 0 d t + t K
q2 2 A 0

8. Force between plates of Capacitor: F =

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