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A parallel plate capacitor consisting of two circular plates of radius 10 cm is being charged by a constant current of 0.15 A . If the rate of change of potential difference between the plates is 7×108 V/s7 \times 10^8 \mathrm{~V} / \mathrm{s} then the integer value of the distance between the parallel plates is

(\left(\right. Take, ϵ0=9×10−12 F m,π=227)\left.\epsilon_0=9 \times 10^{-12} \frac{\mathrm{~F}}{\mathrm{~m}}, \pi=\frac{22}{7}\right) ____________ μm\mu \mathrm{m} .

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Given, r=10 cm=110 mr = 10\,cm = {1 \over {10}}\,m

I=0.15 AI = 0.15\,A , and dvdt=7×108v/s{{dv} \over {dt}} = 7 \times {10^8}v/s

We know, for a parallel plate capacitor,

c=ε0Ad⇒c=ε0πr2dc = {{{\varepsilon _0}A} \over d} \Rightarrow c = {{{\varepsilon _0}\pi {r^2}} \over d} .... (1)

In a capacitor,

Q=CVQ = CV

⇒V=QC\Rightarrow V = {Q \over C}

by differentiating w.r.t. t

⇒dvdt=1CdQdt\Rightarrow {{dv} \over {dt}} = {1 \over C}{{dQ} \over {dt}}

⇒dvdt=dε0πr2I\Rightarrow {{dv} \over {dt}} = {d \over {{\varepsilon _0}\pi {r^2}}}I (As I=dQdtI = {{dQ} \over {dt}} )

⇒d=ε0πr2Idvdt\Rightarrow d = {{{\varepsilon _0}\pi {r^2}} \over I}{{dv} \over {dt}} .... (From (1))

⇒d=9×10−120.15×227×1100×7×10\Rightarrow d = {{9 \times {{10}^{ - 12}}} \over {0.15}} \times {{22} \over 7} \times {1 \over {100}} \times 7 \times 10

=1980.15×10−6= {{198} \over {0.15}} \times {10^{ - 6}}

=1320×10−6= 1320 \times {10^{ - 6}} m

⇒d=1320 μm\Rightarrow d = 1320\,\mu m

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