Question

What happens to the capacitance of parallel plate capacitor if area of the plates are

increased ?​

Answer 1

Answer:

In the formula for capacitance, area is in the numerator and distance is in the denominator. The capacitance will increase. HOWEVER; as the plates get closer the breakdown voltage of the dielectric, the insulating material between the plates, gets lower until it shorts.

Answer 2

Explanation:

PLATE AREA: All other factors being equal, greater plate area gives greater capacitance; less plate area gives less capacitance. Explanation: Larger plate area results in more field flux (charge collected on the plates) for a given field force (voltage across the plates).