Question: Trials (mm) Trials (m) Capacitance (pF) Top Plate Charge (pC) Stored Energy (pJ) 2 0.002 0.89 1.33 1 3 0.003 0.59 0.89 0.66 4 0.004

Trials (mm) Trials (m) Capacitance (pF) Top Plate Charge (pC) Stored Energy (pJ)
2 0.002 0.89 1.33 1
3 0.003 0.59 0.89 0.66
4 0.004 0.44 0.66 0.5
5 0.005 0.35 0.53 0.4
6 0.006 0.34 0.44 0.33
7 0.007 0.25 0.38 0.28
8 0.008 0.22 0.33 0.25
9 0.009 0.2 0.3 0.22
10 0.01 0.18 0.27 0.2

- Let the battery voltage to 1.5 V, the plate separation to 2 mm, and the plate area to 200 mm2.

- Increase the plate separation in increments of 1 mm, from 2 mm to 10 mm.

- At each step record the capacitance, the top plate charge, and the stored energy. -- Plot the capacitance C (C = 0A/d) as a function of the plate separation d. -- Fit the data with a function y = a/x + b. Calculate the dielectric constant from the coefficient 'a' in the fitting. -- What value did you obtain for ?

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