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A parallel plate capacitor with plate separation is charged up by a battery. It is found that on introducing a dielectric sheet of thickness , while keeping the battery connections intact, the capacitor draws more charge from the battery than before. The dielectric constant of the sheet is .
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- Initial capacitance
For a parallel plate capacitor of plate separation and plate area , the initial capacitance is
- Battery remains connected
Since the battery remains connected, the potential difference across the capacitor stays constant.
So charge is proportional to capacitance:
Given that the capacitor draws more charge after inserting the dielectric,
Hence,
- Capacitance after inserting dielectric slab
A dielectric slab of thickness and dielectric constant is inserted between plates separated by .
This is equivalent to an effective air gap of
So the new capacitance is
Substitute mm and mm:
- Use the given condition
We know
That is,
Cancel :
So,
- Final answer
The dielectric constant of the sheet is
- Comparison with stored answer
Stored correct answer =
Our derived answer =
So the answer agrees with the stored correct answer.
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