Capacitance of an isolated spherical conductor - class-XII
capacitance of an isolated spherical conductor
Questions
The inductance of the oscillatory circuit of a radio station is 10 milli henry band its capacitance is $0.25 \mu F$. Taking the effect of the resistance negligible, wavelength of the broadcasted waves will be (velocity of light = $3.0 \ 10 ^4 \ m/s, \pi = 3.14$):
- $9,42 \times 10^4 m$
- $18.8 \times 10^4 m$
- $4.5 \times 10^4 m$
- $none\ of\ these$
The capacitance of an air filled parallel plate capacitor is $10\times {10}^{-12}F$. The separation between the plates is doubled and the space between the plates is then filled with wax giving the capacitance a new value of $40\times {10}^{-12}F$. The dielectric constant of wax is:
- $12.0$
- $10.0$
- $8.0$
- $4.2$
Each plate of parallel plate capacitor has a charge q on it. The capacitor is now connected to a battery. Now,
- the facing surfaces of the capacitor have equal and opposite charges
- the two plates of the capacitor have equal and opposite charges
- the battery supplies equal and opposite charges to the two plates
- the outer surfaces of the plates have equal charges
We assume that earth is at zero potential because capacitance of the earth is
- infinite
- zero
- cannot say
- $10^6 farad$
1000 drops ofwater each of radius r and charged to a potential V coalesce together to form a big drop. The potential of big drop will be
- 10 V
- 100 V
- 1000V
- $\displaystyle \frac{V}{100}$
A fully charged capacitor has a capacitance C.It is discharged through a small coil of resistance wire embedded in a thermally insulated block of specific heat capacity s and mass m. If the temperature of the block is raised by $\Delta T$, the potential difference V across the capacitance is:
- ${{ms\Delta T} \over C}$
- $\sqrt {{{ms\Delta T} \over C}} $
- $\sqrt {{{2ms\Delta T} \over C}} $
- ${{ms\Delta T} \over s}$
Capacitance of an isolated metallic sphere having radius $8.1$ mm is nearly :
- $9 \times 10^{-9}$ $\mu F$
- $9 \times 10^{-6}$ $\mu F$
- $9 \times 10^{-1}$ $p F$
- $9 \times 10^{-5}$ $\mu F$
The capacitance of an isolated conducting sphere of radius $R$ is proportional to
- $R^{-1}$
- $R^{2}$
- $R^{-2}$
- $R$
Two metal spheres of capacitance, ${C} _{1}$ and ${C} _{2}$ carry some charges. They are put in contact and then separated. The final charges ${Q} _{1}$ and ${Q} _{2}$ on them will satisfy:
- $\dfrac { { Q } _{ 1 } }{ { Q } _{ 2 } } <\dfrac { { C } _{ 1 } }{ { C } _{ 2 } }$
- $\dfrac { { Q } _{ 1 } }{ { Q } _{ 2 } } =\dfrac { { C } _{ 1 } }{ { C } _{ 2 } }$
- $\dfrac { { Q } _{ 1 } }{ { Q } _{ 2 } } >\dfrac { { C } _{ 1 } }{ { C } _{ 2 } }$
- $\dfrac { { Q } _{ 1 } }{ { Q } _{ 2 } } =\dfrac { { C } _{ 2 } }{ { C } _{ 1 } }$
Three capacitors of capacitances 6 µF each are available. The minimum and maximum capacitances, which may be obtained are
- $ 2 \mu F $ and $ 18 \mu F $
- $ 5 \mu F $ and $ 5 \mu F $
- $ 7 \mu F $ and $ 3 \mu F $
- $ 8 \mu F $ and $ 2 \mu F $
The capacitance of a spherical condenser is $1mF$. If the spacing between the two spheres is $1mm$, then the radius of the outer sphere is
- $30cm$
- $6m$
- $5cm$
- $3m$
The capacitance of a spherical condenser is $1mF$. If the spacing between the two spheres is $1mm$, then the radius of the outer space is
- $30cm$
- $6m$
- $5cm$
- $3m$
A capacitor has capacitance $2F$. plate separation $0.5 cm $ then area of plate [You will realize from your answer why ordinary capacitors are in the range of μF or less. However, electrolytic capacitors do have a much larger capacitance $(0.1 F)$ because of very minute separation between the conductors.]:
- $1130cm^2$
- $1130m^2$
- $1130km^2$
- None of these
The capacitance (C) for an isolated conducting sphere of radius(a) is given by $4\pi \varepsilon _0a$. If the sphere is enclosed with an earthed concentric sphere, the ratio of the radii of the spheres being $\dfrac{n}{(n-1)}$ then the capacitance of such a sphere will be increased by a factor?
- $n$
- $\dfrac{n}{(n-1)}$
- $\dfrac{(n-1)}{n}$
- $an$
If the circumferences of a sphere is $2\ m$, then capacitance of sphere in water would be:
- $2700\ pF$
- $2760\ pF$
- $2780\ pF$
- $2846\ pF$
If 'Q' is the quantity of charge, 'V' the potential and 'C' the capacity of a conductor, they are related as:
- $C = QV$
- $Q = VC$
- $V = CQ$
- $CVQ = constant$
Inside a hollow charged spherical conductor, the electric field is found to be.
- Proportional to the distance from the centre
- A function of the area of the sphere
- Zero
- A function of the charge density of the sphere