The capacitance of a parallel plate capacitor with air as medium is . With the introduction of a dielectric medium, the capacitance becomes . The permittivity of the medium is () [2020]
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Given: capacitance without dielectric, and capacitance with dielectric, .
Dielectric constant,
Now, permittivity of the medium,
Two thin dielectric slabs of dielectric constants and are inserted between plates of a parallel plate capacitor, as shown in the figure. The variation of electric field between the plates with distance as measured from plate is correctly shown by [2014]
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The electric field inside the dielectrics will be less than the electric field in vacuum. The electric field inside the dielectric could not be zero. As , the drop in electric field for dielectric must be more than .