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JEE PHYSICS MCQ: ELECTRIC POTENTIAL AND CAPACITANCE

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The plates in a parallel plate capacitor are separated by a distance

d

with air as the medium in between the plates. In order to increase the capacity by 66 %, a dielectric slab of dielectric constant 5 is introduced in between the plates. The thick ness of the dielectric slab required is

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Correct option: B

\frac{d}{2}

Option B (

\frac{d}{2}

) is correct because the thickness of the dielectric slab is calculated by equating the new capacitance to 1.66 times the original capacitance.

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The potential at a point distance

x

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and when connected in parallel have a capacitance of

16\mu F

. Their individual capacities are Statement-1: If temperature is increased, the dielectric constant of a polar dielectric decreases whereas that of a non-polar dielectric does not change significantly.
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E

will have minimum potential energy, if the positive direction of dipole moment makes the following angle with

E