Pulling Apart a Capacitor 3
Consider a simple parallel-plate capacitor whose plates are given equal and are separated by a distance d. The plates are connected to opposite terminals of a battery. The plates remain connected to the battery while being pulled apart by a scientist with insulating gloves until they are separated by a distance D>d. The electric energy stored in the capacitor is now...
Consider a simple parallel-plate capacitor whose plates are given equal and are separated by a distance d. The plates are connected to opposite terminals of a battery. The plates remain connected to the battery while being pulled apart by a scientist with insulating gloves until they are separated by a distance D>d. The electric energy stored in the capacitor is now...
A) larger.
A) larger.
B) the same.
B) the same.
C) smaller.
C) smaller.
D) indeterminate.
D) indeterminate.