JEE Main & Advanced Physics Electrostatics & Capacitance JEE PYQ-Electrostatics and Capacitance

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    The space between the plates of a parallel plate capacitor is filled with a ‘dielectric’ whose ‘dielectric constant’ varies with distance as per the relation:
    \[K(x)={{K}_{o}}+\lambda x\] (\[\lambda =\] a constant)
    The capacitance C, of the capacitor, would be related to its vacuum capacitance Co for the relation:                    [JEE ONLINE 12-04-2014]

    A) \[C=\frac{\lambda d}{\ln (1+{{K}_{o}}\lambda d)}{{C}_{o}}\] 

    B) \[C=\frac{\lambda }{d.ln(1+{{K}_{o}}\lambda d)}{{C}_{o}}\]

    C) \[C=\frac{\lambda d}{ln(1+\lambda d/{{K}_{o}})}{{C}_{o}}\]

    D) \[C=\frac{\lambda }{d.ln(1+{{K}_{o}}/\lambda d)}{{C}_{o}}\]

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

    [c] The value of dielectric constant is given as,
    \[K={{K}_{0}}+\lambda x\]And, \[V=\int\limits_{0}^{d}{Edr}\]
    \[V=\int\limits_{0}^{d}{\frac{\sigma }{K}dx}\]
    \[=\sigma \int\limits_{0}^{d}{\frac{1}{({{K}_{0}}+\lambda x)}dx}\]
    \[=\frac{\sigma }{\lambda }\left[ \ln \left( {{K}_{0}}+\lambda d \right)-\ln {{K}_{0}} \right]\]
    \[=\frac{\sigma }{\lambda }\ln \left( 1+\frac{\lambda d}{{{K}_{0}}} \right)\]
    Now it is given that capacitance of vacuum \[={{C}_{0}}.\]
    Thus, \[C=\frac{Q}{V}\]\[=\frac{\sigma .s}{v}\] (Let surface area of plates = s)
    \[=\frac{\sigma .s}{\frac{\sigma }{\lambda }\ln \left( 1+\frac{\lambda d}{{{K}_{0}}} \right)}\]
    \[=s\lambda .\frac{d}{d}\frac{1}{\ln \left( 1+\frac{\lambda d}{{{K}_{0}}} \right)}\](\[\because \] in vacuum e0 =1)
    \[c=\frac{\lambda d}{\ln \left( 1+\frac{\lambda d}{{{K}_{0}}} \right)}.{{C}_{0}}\]\[\left( \text{here,}\,{{C}_{0}}=\frac{s}{d} \right)\]


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