Name Physics Date:

Class: Classwork 2 Done by: Mr. Imad Darwiche

1. What is the voltage across the plates of the capacitor if the capacitance is 10 µF and the Charge stored
is 30 µC?
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2. The two parallel plates hold +600 µC and -600 µC of charges respectively when 20 V potential difference is
applied across the plates. What is its capacitance?
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3. If the capacitance is 47μF, and the voltage difference across the capacitor terminals is 6V, what is the energy
stored in that capacitor?
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4. The plates of a parallel-plate capacitor are 2.50mm apart, and each carries a charge of magnitude 80.0nC.
The plates are in vacuum. The electric field between the plates has a magnitude of 4.00x106V/m. What is the
potential difference between the plates?
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5. The plates of a parallel-plate capacitor are 2.50mm apart, and each carries a charge of magnitude 80.0nC.
The plates are in vacuum. The electric field between the plates has a magnitude of 4.00x106V/m. What is the
area of each plates?
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7. The International Exposition Center in Cleveland, Ohio, covers 2.32 x 105 m2. If a capacitor with this same
area and a plate separation of 1.5 cm is charged to 0.64 mC, what is the energy stored in the capacitor?
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8. A capacitor charged to 6.0 V stores 4.0 mJ of energy. If it is charged to 12 V, what is the energy stored?
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9. A parallel-plate capacitor is made of two circular plates, each of which has a diameter of 2.50 × 10−3 m.
The plates of the capacitor are separated by a space of 1.40 × 10−4 m.
a. Assuming that the capacitor is operating in a vacuum and that the permittivity of a vacuum
(ε0 = 8.85 × 10−12 C2/N•m2) can be used, determine the capacitance of the capacitor.
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b. How much charge will be stored on each plate of the capacitor when the capacitor’s plates are
connected across a potential difference of 0.12 V?
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c. What is the electrical potential energy stored in the capacitor when fully charged by the potential
difference of 0.12 V?
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10. The capacitance of a sphere is 50 pF. The sphere is charged to a potential of 9.0x105V. A spark occurs,
partially discharging the sphere so that its potential is reduced to 3.6x105V. What is the energy of the spark?
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