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A parallel plate capacitor has charge . A dielectric slab is inserted between the plates and almost fills the space between the plates. If the induced charge on one face of the slab is then the dielectric constant of the slab is .
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- Given data
- Charge on capacitor plates:
- Induced charge on one face of dielectric slab:
We need to find the dielectric constant .
- Relation between free charge and induced charge
When a dielectric slab completely (or almost completely) fills the space between the plates of a charged capacitor, the induced surface charge on the dielectric is related to the free charge on the plates by
This comes from polarization of the dielectric.
- Substitute the values
Cancel from both sides:
Hence,
- Final answer
The dielectric constant of the slab is
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