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Two capacitors of capacitance C are connected in series. If one of them is filled with dielectric substance K, the effective capacitance is
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Options:
  • A KC(1+K)
  • B C(K+1)
  • C 2KC(1+K)
  • D None of these
Solution:
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The correct answer is: KC(1+K)
When plates of capacitor are separated by a dielectric medium of dielectric constant K, its capacity

Cm=Kε0Ad=KC0

ie,        Cm=KC0

Here,    C0=C

         Cm=KC

Now, two capacitors of capacities KC and C are in series, their effective capacitance

1C=1KC+1C

or      1C =1+KKC

 C=KCK+1

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