Capacitance

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Equivalent Capacitance
 General Method to find Ceq

1. Send +Q and -Q from Battery terminals.

2. Write charge on each capacitor plate, use Q1, Q2, Q3 variables.
3. Charge on opposite plates are opposite
4. Conservation of charge holds.
5. Take Potential difference across each capacitor as V1, V2,V3…
6. Write equation Q = CV for each capacitor, write V = V1 +V2….
across AB.
7. Eliminate everything to get Ceq in terms of C
Example
Find the equivalent capacitance

A. B. C. D.

C
Example
Find the equivalent capacitance between A & B

A. B. C. D.

A
C C
B
Example
Find the equivalent capacitance

A. B. C. D.

C C
Example Find the equivalent capacitance

A. 3C C C
B. 2C
C. C
D. 4C
C

C C
Example Find the equivalent capacitance

A. 3C/2
B. 2C C C
C. C/2
D. 4C
C

2C 2C
Wheatstone Bridge

Wheatstone bridge is said to be Balanced if

C1 C2 or

C5

or

C3 C4
Example
Find the equivalent capacitance between A & B

A. 3C/2
B. 2C
C 2C
C C C. C/2
D. 4C/3

5C
A B

2C 4C
Example Find the equivalent capacitance

A. B. C. D.

4𝞵F

2𝞵F
12𝞵F 4𝞵F

12𝞵F
Example

Find the equivalent capacitance between A and B. All the capacitors have
capacitance 2C.

A. B. C. D.

2C
B

2C 2C

2C
G
Example
Find the equivalent capacitance

2C A. 3C/2
2C 2C
A B. 2C/3
C. 2C
D. 4C/3
C C C 2C

B
Example
Find the equivalent capacitance of the infinite ladder

A. B. C. D.

2C 2C 2C 2C

C C C C
 Concept of Battery

Symbol:

Potential difference across the two

+ _ terminals of the battery is called
electromotive force (emf) or ε

Measured in Volts (V)

 Work done by a Battery

+Q -Q
+ -
+ -
+ -
+ -
+ -
+ -
+ -
 Heat produced in the circuit

+Q -Q
+ -
+ -
Q : Charge through battery
+ -
V : potential across battery (emf)
+ -
+ - U : energy stored in Capacitor
+ -
+ -

H : Heat developed in the circuit

Example Three initially uncharged capacitors are connected to a battery of 10 V
in parallel combination.
Find out total charge flow from the battery and total energy stored in
all the capacitors

A. 40 𝞵C, 30mJ B. 20 𝞵C, 50mJ C. 60 𝞵C, 40mJ D. 60 𝞵C, 30mJ

1μF

2μF

3μF

10V
Example The heat produced in placing a charge of 8x10-18C on a condenser of
capacity 100𝞵F is

A. 16 x 10-32 joule

A. 3.1 x 10-26 joule

A. 4 x 10-10 joule

A. 32 x 10-32 joule
Example
If each Capacitor is C.
Find the equivalent capacitance between A & C

A. B. C. D.

C
B

A D
Example
If each Capacitor is C.
Find the equivalent capacitance between A & D

A. B. C. D.

C
B

A D
Example If each Capacitor is C.
Find the equivalent capacitance between A & C

A. B. C. D. None of these

A B
Example
In the following figures, area of each plate is A and d is separation between
adjacent plates. Find the capacitance of system between points A and B.

A. B. C. D.

B
Homework Questions
Example

Find the equivalent capacitance, if each capacitance is C

A. B. C. D.
Example If each Capacitor is C.
Find the equivalent capacitance

between A & C
between A & G
between A & C

F G

B C

A D

E H
Example

In the following figures, area of each plate is A and d is separation between

adjacent plates. Find the capacitance of system between points A and B.

A. B. C. D.

B
Example
Example A parallel plate capacitor having a plate separation of 2 mm is
charged by connecting it to a 300 V supply. The energy density is

A. 0.01 J/m3
B. 0.1 J/m3
C. 1.0 J/m3
D. 01 J/m3
Example

Find the equivalent capacitance between A and b. All the capacitors have same
capacitance.

A. B. C. D.

A B
Example
Find the equivalent capacitance
C1 C2

A.
C3

B.

C2 C1

C.

D.

Ans: B
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