Parallel plate Capacitor




1) Suppose there is a capacitor of parallel plates X & Y and they are separated by a distance d.


2) Suppose the two plates are separated  by air insulating medium

Which have dielectric constant  e0  of the medium.


3) Now suppose the plate X of the capacitor is charged +Q with amount of charge.


4) Then same -Q amount of the charge will induce to the other plate Y.


5) If each plate has area A. Then surface charge density.









6) Region I: in region I the electric field is




7) Region III: in region III the electric field is



8) Region II: in region II the electric field is






9) Region II: in region II the potential V is

V = E × d



From 2.41 we know the value of σ, putting the value of



10) By definition of capacitor capacitance C


on putting the value of V on this equation we get