Question

A capacitor consists of two parallel plates, each with an area of 17.0 cm2 , separated by a distance of 0.250 cm . The material that fills the volume between the plates has a dielectric constant of 6.00. The plates of the capacitor are connected to a 300 V battery.

1.What is the capacitance of the capacitor?

C= ____F

2.What is the charge on either plate?

Q=_____C

3. How much energy is stored in the charged capacitor?

U=_____J

Answer 1