Parallel Plate Capacitor

Chapter-2|Electrostatic Potential and Capacitance| NCERT 12th Physics:

Parallel Plate Capacitor:

The simplest and the most widely used capacitor is the parallel plate capacitor. It consists of two large plane parallel conducting plates, separated by a small distance.

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Electric field due to infinite plane sheet X away from positive charge

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If q is the charge on each plate and A be the area, then

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From the formula it is clear that for high capacitance.

(I) The area of conducting plates should be large.

(II) Distance between two plate should be very small.

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