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Which material sheet should be placed between the plates of a parallel plate condenser in order to increase its capacitance ?

A

mica

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copper

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tin

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iron

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Solution

The correct option is A mica
Here copper, tin, iron all are conductor so they will decrease the capacitance. The mica sheet is a dielectric or insulator so it will increase the capacitance k times. Where k is the dielectric constant.

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