4-02-09 Potential difference between parallel plate capacitor

A parallel plate capacitor of Area A and seperation D is given charges Q and q on the two plates..

Will CV=q work?

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How do we find V?

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msp ·

the potential of the capacitor plate is V=Enetd

Enet=Q/2ε0A-q/2ε0A

from the potential expression it can be proved dat CV is not equal to q

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Lokesh Verma ·

yes sankara that is correct.. but then how do u fidn the V now?

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Lokesh Verma ·

@sankara.. you are pretty close..

@eureka.. No we are not doing that.. There is no connection that is taking charge from one plate to another..

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Dr.House ·

the thing is we will have the charges on the inner side of plate as

Q-q/2Aε

and the ineer charge on the other plate will be same as this but with a negative sign.

therefore the potential is Q-qD*/2Aε { assuming that Q>q}

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msp ·

sir can u check i have a feeling the formula for the field shud be changed and i have edited dat sir

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Lokesh Verma ·

no Bhargav and sankara.. you have found electric field....

You need to find the potential!

@eureka.. There are only 2 parallel plates.. there is no circuit.. so there is no question of charge flowing!

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msp ·

V=Q-q/ε0Ad

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Lokesh Verma ·

but eureka.. the charges are not connected!!

What you are saying will effectively mean that when we have charges Q and -Q .. then they will redistribute to 0 charge on both the plates! :O

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eureka123 ·

oh yesss.......sorry..............i will delete above posts.........

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