Assignment 3

Due on 05 June 2020

Question 1

A capacitor is composed of two plates separated by 3 mm of dielectric of

permittivity 4. An additional piece of insulation 5 mm thick is now inserted
between the plates. If the capacitor now has capacitance one third of its original
capacitance, find the relative permittivity of the additional dielectric.

Question 2

Calculate the capacitance of two metal plates of area 30 m2 and separated by a

dielectric 2 mm thick and relative permittivity 6. If the electric field strength in
the dielectric is 500 V/mm, calculate the total charge on each plate.

Question 3

A parallel plate capacitor has plates of area 2 m2 spaced by three layers of

different dielectric materials. The relative permittivities are 2,4,6 and the
thicknesses are 0.5, 1.5 and 0.3 mm respectively. Calculate the combined
capacitance and the electric stress in each material when applied voltage is 1000
V.