Capacitance and Geometry Imagine a capacitor is built with two large, parallel conductors a distance d apart. If these plates are now moved a distance 2d apart, does the capacitance increase, decrease, or remain the same?

Capacitance and Geometry Imagine a capacitor is built with two large, parallel conductors a distance d apart. If these plates are now moved a distance 2d apart, does the capacitance increase, decrease, or remain the same?

Principles of Physics: A Calculus-Based Text

5th Edition

ISBN:9781133104261

Author:Raymond A. Serway, John W. Jewett

Publisher:Raymond A. Serway, John W. Jewett

Chapter20: Electric Potential And Capacitance

Section20.10: Capacitors With Dielectrics

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