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what happens when a dielectric is introduced into a capacitor

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Dear Student,For a parallel plate capacitor capacitance is ,C=ε0AdWhere A is the area of the plates and d is the separation between them.Now we introduce a dielectric of dielectric constant K between the plates,The capacitance becomes,C'=Kε0AdC'=KCThe capacitance is increased by K times.Regards..

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