What happens to the loss of energy when two charged capacitors at different potential are connected by a conducting wire

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There is some lose of energy when two capacitors are connected whose potentials are different because when they are connected then they behave as a single conductor and try to form an equipotential surface. Therefore energy is lost in the form of heat .

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What happens to the loss of energy when two charged capacitors at different potential are connected by a conducting wire

Dear Student, There is some lose of energy when two capacitors are connected whose potentials are different because when they are connected then they behave as a single conductor and try to form an equipotential surface. Therefore energy is lost in the form of heat . ​​​​​​Regards.

Dear Student,
There is some lose of energy when two capacitors are connected whose potentials are different because when they are connected then they behave as a single conductor and try to form an equipotential surface. Therefore energy is lost in the form of heat .

Regards.