Practice question
Question
A dielectric slab is partially inserted between the plates of a parallel plate capacitor while
maintaining a constant voltage across the plates. What happens to the electric field between the plates
in the region where the dielectric is present?
Explanation
**Effect of dielectric** is to reduce effective field due to polarization, bound surface charges opposite to free charges, net field E = E₀ - E_p = E₀/K. Capacitance C = Q/V = K ε₀ A/d for full filling, partial filling C = ε₀ A/(d - t + t/K) for slab thickness t. When a dielectric slab (with dielectric constant K > 1 ) is inserted between the plates of a capacitor with constant voltage V , the electric field E in the dielectric region decreases. The electric field in a dielectric is given by E = (E₀/K) , where E₀ = (V/d) is the field
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