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TUTORIAL CHAPTER 6 (CAPACITANCE)
1. A capacitor with a plate area of 40 cm2 and a dielectric with a thickness of
1 mm has a charge of 15 x 10-9 C when a voltage of 60 V is applied to it.
Calculate:
1.1 The electric field strength (60 000 V/m) (SF: 0.06 x 106 V/m)
2 2
1.2 The flux density (3.75 ) )
1.3 The applied voltage at which the dielectric is likely to break down when its
dielectric strength is 100 000 V/m (100 V)
1.4 Determine the dielectric constant. (7)
2. A capacitor has a plate area of 50 cm2 and dielectric thickness of 1 mm.
Determine the capacitance of the capacitor when:
2.1 The dielectric is air (44.25 pF)
2.2 The dielectric is ceramic with a relative permittivity of 7500. (331.9 nF)
2.3 The dielectric is mica with a relative permittivity of 5. (221.3 pF)
2.4 Determine the necessary applied voltage to the capacitor in each case in 2.1,
2.2 and 2.3 to store 5 x 10-9 C. (113 V; 15.1 mV; 22.6 V)
3. Calculate the area of metal foil plates necessary fo
film is used as a dielectric. The dielectric is 0.06 mm thick and has a relative
permittitivity of 3. (22.6 m 2 )
4. -foil plates which are 10 cm by
60 cm. The oxide dielectric has a relative permittivity of 20. Calculate the
thickness of the dielectric.
(265 nm)
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5.
50 V supply.
5.1.1 When the capacitors are connected in series, calculate the total capacitance.
5.1.2 Calculate the voltage across each capacitor. (38.46 V; 7.69 V; 3.85 V)
5.1.3 Calculate the charge on each capacitor.
5.2 When the capacitors are connected in parallel, calculate:
5.2.1 Total capacitance.
5.2.2 The voltage across each capacitor. (50 V)
5.2.3 The charge on each capacitor. 5 mC; 5 mC)
6.
6.1 Calculate the total capacitance. (42.
6.2 Determine the voltage across each capacitor when the series-parallel
combination is connected in series with a 50 V supply.
(28.57 V; 28.57 V; 21.43 V)
6.2 Calculate the energy stored in each of the capacitors.
(20.41 mJ; 10.2 mJ; 22,96 mJ)
7. A 6 km electric cable has two conductors each of which is 9 mm thick. The
average distance between the two conductors is 1 cm and the insulation
material is oil-impregnated paper with a relative permittivity of 5. The
potential difference between the two conductors is 6000 V.
Determine:
7.1 The capacitance of the cable. [239 nF]
7.2 The electrical energy stored in the cable. [4.3 J]
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8 A capacitor is constructed in the following manner:
Two sheets of aluminium foil 1m x 15 m are rolled up with two sheets
of plastic. The plastic thickness is 0,5 mm and its relative permittivity
is 3.
8.1 Calculate the capacitance of the capacitor.
(796.5 nF)
8.2 Calculate the charge on the capacitor when the terminal voltage is 15 V.
(11.
9 A printed circuit board is made of teflon and is 1 mm thick. One side is
completely soaked in copper and the other side has a total conductor area of 20
cm 2 . Half the conductor area is at + 12 V with respect to the copper sheet on
the other side of the circuit board. The other half of the conductor area is at
+ 6 V with respect to the copper sheet.
Calculate individual energies and the total energy stored.
(1.274 nJ; 318.6 pJ; 1,593 nJ)
10. The charge taken by a capacitor is 0.
The capacitor plate area is 40 cm 2 , and the thickness of the dielectric is 1 mm.
Calculate the relative permittivity of the dielectric.
(70.62)
11. Two metal plates with a diameter of 10 cm each are separated by air.
them is 20 V.
Calculate the distance between the plates. (0.174 mm)
12. sa
220 V DC supply.
Determine:
12.1 The time constant of the capacitor. (11.5 s)
12.2 The current at the moment of switching. (0.48 mA)
12.3 The time taken for the voltage to reach 100 volts. (6.97 s)
12.4 The current and voltage 2.5 seconds after switching on.
(0.385 mA; 42.98 V)
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13.
13.1
dielectric 0.05 mm thick with a relative permittivity of 3.5. Calculate the area
of metal foil needed. (113 m 2 )
13.2
capacitor is also connected in series with the parallel group. If 80 V is applied
across the combination calculate:
13.2.1 The total capacitance.
13.2.2 The voltage across each capacitor. (14.22 V, 14.22 V and 65.78 V)
13.2.3 The quantity of electrical charge 6
13.2.4 The energy stored in the whole circuit. (21 mJ)
14. Three capacitors having capacitors of C1 2 3
available to be connected to a 200 V supply. Calculate:
14.1
(4.
14.2 (88.8 V)
14.3 apacitor. (222.2 µC)
15. Calculate for the following circuit:
C1
10 F
C4 C3 C2
10 F 5 F 15 F
100 V
15.1 The total capacitance. (2.
15.2
(58.82 V; 11,76 V)
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