Energy Stored in a Capacitor
 

Energy Stored in a Capacitor problem 14


  • An isolated metal sphere has a capacitance of and is charged to a potential of . Calculate the charge, in coulomb, on the sphere.


  • A second uncharged metal sphere is brought up to the isolated metal sphere so that they touch. The combined capacitance of the two spheres is . Calculate


    • the potential of the two spheres,


    • the change in the total energy stored on the spheres when they touch.


 

main author and content editor: Ebenezer Famadewa