Q.

The electrostatic force between the metal plates of an isolated parallel plate capacitor C having a charge Q and area A, is      [2018]

1 independent of the distance between the plates  
2 linearly proportional to the distance between the plates  
3 proportional to the square root of the distance between the plates  
4 inversely proportional to the distance between the plates.  

Ans.

(1)

Electrostatic force,

Fplate=QE=Q×Q2ε0A=Q22Aε0

F  is independent of the distance between plates.