Capacitors and Dielectrics

1. A capacitor is labelled 1800µF, 5V. Calculate:

a) Charge stored in the capacitor when it is fully charged.
b) Energy stored in the capacitor when it is fully charged.

2. In this parallel-plate capacitor, the distance d between the plates is 0.5 cm and the area
of each plate is 20 cm2.Calculate the voltage across them.

3. Four arrangements of capacitors are pictured. Each has an equivalent capacitance. Rank
these four arrangements from highest equivalent capacitance to lowest. Assume that all
capacitors are identical.

4. Calculate the capacitance of this capacitor if the maximum amount of charge held by a
capacitor at a voltage of 9V is 24 C.

5. Suppose I have a uniform electric field within a parallel plate capacitor with field
strength of E=41N/C. Suppose the capacitor's plates are 0.4m in length and .003m in
width, and the space between the plates is 2.5cm. What is the voltage difference across
the capacitor?

6. Calculate the total capacitance if a 2 μF, a 4 μF, and a 10 μF capacitor are connected in
series.

7. Two series capacitors (one 2 μF, the other of unknown value) are charged from a 24 V
source. The 2 μF capacitor is charged to 16 V and the other to 8 V. The value of the
unknown capacitor is?
8. Instead of buying a capacitor, you decide to make one. Your capacitor consists of two
circular metal plates, each with a radius of 8 cm. The plates are parallel to each other
and separated by a distance of 1.5 mm. You connect a 12 volt battery across the
plates. Find: the capacitance of the capacitor, the charge on each plate and the excess
number of electrons on the negative plate.

9. Calculate the total capacitance for the circuit below

(a)

(b)

(c)
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(e)

(f)