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Grade 12Electrostatics

What is the force experience d by a dielectric slab when it is in between parallel plates capacitors:
  1. when capacitors are isolated
    2. When capacitors are non isolated.

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12 Years agoGrade 12
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12 Years ago

When capacitors are non isolated:

In a parallel plate capacitor, the force between two plates isand when the dielectric material is introduced the force exerted by on plate on other is reduced by a factorand

When capacitors are isolated:

Here the force remains unchanged.

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12 Years ago

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Profile image of Mostafijur Rahaman
12 Years ago
i asked for the force on the dielectric slab......