Tutorial Sheet - 3

NUMERICALS ON CAPACITANCE

1. Calculate the capacitance of a parallel plate capacitor with area of each

plate 1 cm2 ans separation 1mm?ans= 8.89x10-13farad? Ans=8.85x10-13F
2. What is the area of the plate 2 farad parallelplate capacitor,given that
separation between the plates is 0.5 cm? ans=1.13x109m 2
3. A parallel plate capacitor is to be designed with a voltage rating 1kv
using a material of dielectric constant 3 and dielectric strength about 107
Vm-1. What minimum area of the plates is required to have a
capacitance of 50pF?ans= 1.9x10-3m2 as electric field at the most 10% of
dielectric strength.
4. Three capacitors of 1 F,2F and 3F are joined in series first and then
in parallel. Calculate the ratio og equivalent capacitance in the two
cases? ans= 1/11
5. Fig shows a network of capacitors where the no. indicates the
capacitance in F. Find the value of capacitance C if the equivalent
capacitance between A and B is to be 2 F.? ans = 4.57F
6. Fig shows the value of capacitance are as Follows: c1=c2=c3=c4=
4F,c5=5F. Calculate the equivalent capacitance between the points A
and B. if a battery of 10V is connected between these points, what will
be the charge on each capacitor? Ans = C eq=4F and q=20C
7. A waxed paper capacitor has twoparallel plates, each
of effective area 800cm2. If the capacitance of the
capacitor is 4425pF determinethe effective thickness
of the paper if its relative permittivity is 2.5
8. A circuit consists of two capacitors P and Q in parallel, connected in
series with anothercapacitor R. The capacitances of P, Q and Rare 4F,
12F and 8F respectively. Whenthe circuit is connected across a
300Vd.c. supplyfind (a) the total capacitance of the circuit,(b) the p.d.
across each capacitor, and (c) thecharge on each capacitor.ans=[(a)
5.33F (b) 100V across P, 100Vacross Q, 200V across R (c) 0.4mC on
P,1.2mC on Q, 1.6mC on R
9. Capacitances of 4F, 8F and 16F are connected in parallel across a
200V supply.Determine (a) the equivalent capacitance,(b) the total
charge, and (c) the charge on each capacitor. Ans=[(a) 28F (b) 5.6mC
(c) 0.8mC, 1.6mC, 3.2mC
10.A capacitor is chargedwith 8mC. If the energy stored is 0.4 J find (a) the
voltage and (b) thecapacitance. [(a) 100V (b) 80F] When a capacitor is
connected across a 200V supply the charge is 4C. Find (a) the
capacitance and (b) the energy stored. Ans=[(a) 0.02F (b) 0.4mJ]
11.A capacitor is charged with 10mC.If the energy stored is 1.2J find (a)
the voltage and (b) the capacitance.
12.A capacitor is to be constructed so that its capacitance is 0.2F and to
take a p.d. of 1.25kV across its terminals. The dielectric is to be mica
which, after allowing a safety factor of 2, has a dielectric strength of
50MV/m. Find (a) the thickness of the mica needed, and (b) the area of a
plate assuming a two-plate construction. (Assume r for mica to be 6.)