Assignment:
Question 1. When a charge of 180 microC is applied to the plates of a capacitor, the potential difference between the plates is 15 V. What is the capacitance?
Question 2. How much charge is stored on each plate of a 5000 MicroF capacitor whose plates are held at a potential difference of 350 V?
Question 3. Calculate the capacitance of two flat metal pie pans 23 cm in diameter separated by 2.0 mm.
Question 4. A parallel-plate capacitor has plates with an area of 250 cm^ separated by 1.0 mm. What is the electric field between the plates when they are charged with 0.50 microC?
Question 5. What must be the minimium thicknes of a dielectric layer of pentoxide if the capacitor must withstand 50 V?
Question 6. How much energy is stored on a 1000-MicroF capacitor that is charged to potential difference of 500 V?