JEE Main & Advanced Physics Electrostatics & Capacitance Question Bank Capacitance

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    Force of attraction between the plates of a parallel plate capacitor is                                       [AFMC 1998]

    A)                    \[\frac{{{q}^{2}}}{2{{\varepsilon }_{0}}AK}\]

    B)                                      \[\frac{{{q}^{2}}}{{{\varepsilon }_{0}}AK}\]

    C)                    \[\frac{q}{2{{\varepsilon }_{0}}A}\]                       

    D)            \[\frac{{{q}^{2}}}{2{{\varepsilon }_{0}}{{A}^{2}}K}\]

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

               Force on one plate due to another is F = qE = \[q\times \frac{\sigma }{2{{\varepsilon }_{0}}K}\]\[=q\,\left( \frac{q}{2AK{{\varepsilon }_{0}}} \right)=\frac{{{q}^{2}}}{2AK{{\varepsilon }_{0}}}\] (where  \[\frac{\sigma }{2{{\varepsilon }_{0}}K}\] is the electric field produced by one plate at the location of other).


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