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Question
A parallel plate air capacitor has a capacitance of 5 μF. It becomes 50 μF when a dielectric medium occupies the entire space between its two plates. What is the dielectric constant of the medium?
Solution
We know that = KC0
∴ K = `"C"/"C"_0 = 50/5 = 10`
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