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A set of charged plates have anarea of 5.10*10^-3 m^2 andseparation 1.42*10^-5 m. Howmuch charge must be placed onthe plates to create a potentialdifference of 125 V across them?(The answer is *10^-7 C. Just fill inthe number, not the power.)

Sagot :

Given data:

Area of plates:

[tex]A=5.10\times10^{-3}\text{ m}^2[/tex]

Separation between the plates:

[tex]d=1.42\times10^{-5}\text{ m}[/tex]

Potential difference:

[tex]V=125\text{ V}[/tex]

The capacitance of the capacitor is given as,

[tex]C=\frac{A\epsilon_{\circ}}{d}[/tex]

Here, ε_o is the permittivity of the free space.

Substituting all known values,

[tex]\begin{gathered} C=\frac{5.10\times10^{-3}\times8.85\times10^{-12}}{1.42\times10^{-5}} \\ =3.178\times10^{-9}\text{ F} \end{gathered}[/tex]

The charge on the capacitor is given as,

[tex]Q=CV[/tex]

Substituting all known values,

[tex]\begin{gathered} Q=3.178\times10^{-9}\times125 \\ =3.9725\times10^{-7}\text{ C} \end{gathered}[/tex]

Therefore, the charge on the plates is 3.9725×10^-7 C.