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A slab of dielectric constant has the same crosssectional area as the plates of a parallel plate capacitor and thickness , where is the separation of the plates. The capacitance of the capacitor when the slab is inserted between the plates will be :
(Given capacitance of capacitor with air as medium between plates.)
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From the above diagram, we can write,
Initially, when there is no dielectric inserted between the plates the capacitance will be, .
When the dielectric slab is inserted, we can assume there are capacitors that are connected in series.
, and
The equivalent capacitance,
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