Parallel Plate Capacitors
About the Lecture
The lecture Parallel Plate Capacitors by Jared Rovny, PhD is from the course Circuit Elements.
Included Quiz Questions
You insert an insulator between the two plates of a capacitor. How does its capacitance change?
- Its capacitance increases.
- Its capacitance decreases.
- Its capacitance remains unchanged.
- It initially decreases then increases to its initial value.
- It initially increases then decreases.
How is capacitance defined for a capacitor?
- The amount of charge per applied voltage
- The amount of charge per flowing current
- The amount of current per applied voltage
- The amount of voltage per applied charge
- The amount of voltage per applied current
How does the capacitance change if you double the area of each plate of a capacitor?
- It doubles.
- It gets multiplied by 4.
- It reduces to one-half.
- It reduces to one-quarter.
- It does not depend on the area.
Two capacitors, each with a capacitance of 10 μF, connect in series. What is the total equivalent capacitance of these two capacitors?
- 5 μF
- 10 μF
- 15 μF
- 100 μF
- 1 μF
Two capacitors, each with a capacitance of 10 μF, connect in parallel. What is the total equivalent capacitance of these two capacitors?
- 20 μF
- 10 μF
- 15 μF
- 100 μF
- 5 μF
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Author of lecture Parallel Plate Capacitors
Jared Rovny, PhD
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