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What is dielectric ? Explain the effect of introducing a dielectric slab between the plates of parallel plate capacitor.

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Answered by Anant67
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Dielectrics are non-conducting substanceswhich are the insulating materials and are bad conductor of electric current.Dielectric materials can be made to hold an electrostatic charge while dissipating minimal energy in the form of heat. Examples of Dielectric are Mica, Plastics, Glass, Porcelain and Various Metal Oxides and even dry air is also example of dielectric.


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Effect of Dielectric on Capacitance

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What is Dielectric?

What is Dielectric Constant?

Effect of Dielectric on Capacitance

How dielectric increase the capacitance of capacitor?

Dielectric Polarisation

Inserting dielectric in Capacitor

Effect of dielectric on plates when voltage or charge is held constant

What does a dielectric do to a capacitor?

Adding Dielectric to a Capacitor

Capacitance of Parallel Plate Capacitor

Capacitance of Parallel Plate Capacitor when dielectric slab is placed

Capacitance in the presence of Dielectric


What is Dielectric?

Dielectrics are non-conducting substanceswhich are the insulating materials and are bad conductor of electric current.Dielectric materials can be made to hold an electrostatic charge while dissipating minimal energy in the form of heat. Examples of Dielectric are Mica, Plastics, Glass, Porcelain and Various Metal Oxides and even dry air is also example of dielectric.



Figure 1.1 Dielectric capacitor

What is Dielectric Constant?

In parallel plate capacitor, when dielectric slab is placed between the two plates then the ratio of the applied electric field strength to the strength of the reduced value of electric field capacitor is called dielectric constant that is:

K = Eo/E

K is dielectric constant

E0 is greater then or equal to E

Where Eo is dielectric

And  E is net field  

The larger the dielectric constant, the more charge can be stored. Completely filling the space between capacitor plates with a dielectric increases the capacitance by a factor of the dielectric constant:

C = KCo, where Co is the capacitance with no dielectric between the plates.
 

Effect of Dielectric on Capacitance

Dielectrics are usually placed between the two plates of parallel plate capacitors. They can fully occupy the region between the plates or can partially occupy.

When dielectric is placed between the two plates of parallel plate capacitor, it is polarized by the electric field present. The surface charge densities are considered as σp and – σp.

When the dielectric is fully placed between the two plates of capacitor then it’s dielectric constant increases from it’s vacuum value.         


Answered by aarsh8860
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dielectric are those substances of things which can have charge when the placed near any charged body but they cannot act as any conductor eg paper or even glass slabs which generally show charge .. dielectric slab increases the charge storimg ability and capacity of capacitor (mpst important question for all exams )
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