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What is the unit of capacitance?
Farad
What is the formula to calculate the capacitance of a parallel plate capacitor?
C = εοA/d
What is the purpose of a capacitor in an electric circuit?
To temporarily store electric charges
What is the effect of increasing the area of the plates of a parallel plate capacitor on its capacitance?
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What is the ratio of the magnitude of the charge on either conductor to the magnitude of the potential difference between the conductors?
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What is the dielectric material in a capacitor that separates the two plates?
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What is the formula to calculate the capacitance of a parallel-plate capacitor?
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What is the unit of the dielectric constant εo?
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A parallel-plate capacitor has a capacitance of 2.213 × 10^−11 F. If it is connected to a 9-volt battery, what is the charge accumulated on the plates?
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What is the area of the square metal plates in the given problem?
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What is the distance between the two square metal plates?
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What is the formula to calculate the charge on a capacitor?
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What is the correct formula for calculating the capacitance of a parallel-plate capacitor?
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What is the purpose of a circuit diagram?
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What is the unit of the permittivity of free space?
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What is the purpose of a dielectric material in a parallel-plate capacitor?
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What is the unit of capacitance?
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What is the dielectric constant (k) of a material?
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