A capacitor with variable separation between its plates can be used to measure small distances. Consider...

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A capacitor with variable separation between its plates can be used to measure small distances. Consider a parallel plate capacitor with plate area A = 20mm connected to a capacitance - measuring instrument. What will happen to the capacitance of the capacitor as its plate separation increases? Suppose the instrument can measure capacitances between 10 range of plate separations does this range correspond to: a. If there is no dielectric between the plates? -12 -8 and 10 Farads. What b. If there is a dielectric with x = 4.6 between the plates?A capacitor with variable separation between its plates can be used to measure small distances. A capacitor with variable separation between its plates can be used to measure small distances. Consider a parallel plate capacitor with plate area A = 20 mm connected to a capacitance- measuring instrument. 1. What will happen to the capacitance of the capacitor as its plate separation increases? 2. Suppose the instrument can measure capacitances between 10-12 and 10-8 Farads. What range of plate separations does this range correspond to: a. If there is no dielectric between the plates? b. If there is a dielectric with x = 4.6 between the plates? A capacitor with variable separation between its plates can be used to measure small distances. Consider a parallel plate capacitor with plate area A = 20mm connected to a capacitance - measuring instrument. What will happen to the capacitance of the capacitor as its plate separation increases? Suppose the instrument can measure capacitances between 10 range of plate separations does this range correspond to: a. If there is no dielectric between the plates? -12 -8 and 10 Farads. What b. If there is a dielectric with x = 4.6 between the plates?A capacitor with variable separation between its plates can be used to measure small distances. A capacitor with variable separation between its plates can be used to measure small distances. Consider a parallel plate capacitor with plate area A = 20 mm connected to a capacitance- measuring instrument. 1. What will happen to the capacitance of the capacitor as its plate separation increases? 2. Suppose the instrument can measure capacitances between 10-12 and 10-8 Farads. What range of plate separations does this range correspond to: a. If there is no dielectric between the plates? b. If there is a dielectric with x = 4.6 between the plates?