What is capacitance
Charge stored by a capacitor per unit potential difference
What does a parallel plate capacitor consist of
Two parallel conductive plates with a dielectric insulating material inbetween
What happens to the charge build up on either side
opposite charges build up on either side
What happens due to the charges formed on either side
uniform electric field formed
What characteristic is important to consider with dielectric
permitivity
What is permitivity
ability to store an electric field in a material
What is the dielectric constant also known as
relative permitivity
How is relative permitivity calculated
permitivity of dielectric divided by permitivity of free space
What is the equation for capacitance within parallel plates
Areapermitivity of free spacerelative permivity all divided by distance between the two plates
