Two capacitors of capacitances $C$ and $2\, C$ are charged to potential differences $V$ and $2\, V$, respectively. These are then connected in parallel in such a manner that the positive terminal of one is connected to the negative terminal of the other. The final energy of this configuration is$.....CV^2$
$4.5$
$4.16$
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A parallel plate capacitor is charged to a certain potential and the charging battery is then disconnected. Now, if the plates of the capacitor are moved apart then:
The mean electric energy density between the plates of a charged capacitor is (here $q$= charge on the capacitor and $A$= area of the capacitor plate)
Consider a simple $RC$ circuit as shown in Figure $1$.
Process $1$: In the circuit the switch $S$ is closed at $t=0$ and the capacitor is fully charged to voltage $V_0$ (i.e. charging continues for time $T \gg R C$ ). In the process some dissipation ( $E_D$ ) occurs across the resistance $R$. The amount of energy finally stored in the fully charged capacitor is $EC$.
Process $2$: In a different process the voltage is first set to $\frac{V_0}{3}$ and maintained for a charging time $T \gg R C$. Then the voltage is raised to $\frac{2 \mathrm{~V}_0}{3}$ without discharging the capacitor and again maintained for time $\mathrm{T} \gg \mathrm{RC}$. The process is repeated one more time by raising the voltage to $V_0$ and the capacitor is charged to the same final
take $\mathrm{V}_0$ as voltage
These two processes are depicted in Figure $2$.
($1$) In Process $1$, the energy stored in the capacitor $E_C$ and heat dissipated across resistance $E_D$ are released by:
$[A]$ $E_C=E_D$ $[B]$ $E_C=E_D \ln 2$ $[C]$ $\mathrm{E}_{\mathrm{C}}=\frac{1}{2} \mathrm{E}_{\mathrm{D}}$ $[D]$ $E_C=2 E_D$
($2$) In Process $2$, total energy dissipated across the resistance $E_D$ is:
$[A]$ $\mathrm{E}_{\mathrm{D}}=\frac{1}{2} \mathrm{CV}_0^2$ $[B]$ $\mathrm{E}_{\mathrm{D}}=3\left(\frac{1}{2} \mathrm{CV}_0^2\right)$ $[C]$ $\mathrm{E}_{\mathrm{D}}=\frac{1}{3}\left(\frac{1}{2} \mathrm{CV}_0^2\right)$ $[D]$ $\mathrm{E}_{\mathrm{D}}=3 \mathrm{CV}_0^2$
Given the answer quetion ($1$) and ($2$)
How does a capacitor store energy ? And obtain the formula for the energy stored in the capacitor ?
A capacitor of capacitance $6\,\mu \,F$ is charged upto $100$ $volt$. The energy stored in the capacitor is........$Joule$