Capacitors and Capacitance
 

Capacitors and Capacitance problem 17


  • Define capacitance.


  • An isolated metal sphere has a radius . When charged to a potential , the charge on the sphere is . The charge may be considered to act as a point charge at the centre of the sphere.


    • State an expression, in terms of and , for the potential of the sphere.


    • This isolated sphere has capacitance. Use your answers in (a) and (b)(i) to show that the capacitance of the sphere is proportional to its radius.


  • The sphere in (b) has a capacitance of and is charged to a potential of . Calculate


    • the radius of the sphere,


    • the charge, in coulomb, on the sphere.


 

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