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A parallel plate capacitor is constructed with a dielectric slab with κ = 1.5 inserted between the plates. The area of each plate is 5 cm2, and the distance between the two plates is 1 mm. Assume the infinite plane approximation. 1) If we fix the charge on the capacitor to be Q = 6×10-11 C, what is the potential difference between the top and bottom plates? Note that in the region containing the dielectric medium, the electric field is E = E0 / κ, where E0 is the electric field in vacuum.

Answer :

Answer:

The value is [tex]V = 4.533 \ V [/tex]

Explanation:

From the question we are told that

The dielectric constant is k = 1.5

The area of each plate is [tex]A = 5 \ cm^2 = 0.0005 m^2[/tex]

The distance between the plates is [tex]d= 1 \ mm = 0.001 \ m[/tex]

The charge on the capacitor is [tex]Q = 6*10^{-11} \ C[/tex]

Generally the electric field in a vacuum is mathematically represented as

[tex]E_o = \frac{V_o}{d}[/tex]

Generally [tex]V_o[/tex] is the voltage of the capacitor which is mathematically represented as

[tex]V_o = \frac{Q}{C_o}[/tex]

Here [tex]C_o [/tex] is the capacitance of the capacitor in a vacuum which is mathematically represented as

[tex]C_o = \frac{\epsilon_o * A}{d} [/tex]

Here [tex]epsilon_o [/tex] is a constant with value [tex]epsilon_o= 8.85*10^{-12} C^2 \cdot N^{-1} \cdot m^{-2}[/tex]

=> [tex]C_o = \frac{8.85*10^{-12} * 0.0005 }{0.001} [/tex]

=> [tex]C_o = 4.425 *10^{-12} \ F[/tex]

So

[tex]V_o = \frac{6*10^{-11} }{ 4.425 *10^{-12}}[/tex]

[tex]V_o = 13.6 \ V[/tex]

So

[tex]E_o = \frac{ 13.6}{0.001}[/tex]

=> [tex]E_o = 13600 \ V/m[/tex]

The electric field when the dielectric slab is inserted is mathematically represented as

[tex]E = \frac{E_o}{k}[/tex]

=> [tex]E = \frac{13600}{1.5}[/tex]

=> [tex]E =9067 \ V/m[/tex]

Generally the electric field between the plates is mathematically evaluated as

[tex]E_{N} = E_o - E[/tex]

=> [tex]E_{N} = 13600- 9067[/tex]

=> [tex]E_{N} = 4533 \ V/m[/tex]

Generally the potential difference between the plates is

[tex]V = 4533 * 0.001 [/tex]

=> [tex]V = 4.533 \ V [/tex]

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