Chapter 5 Capacitance and Dielectrics
on the capacitor as a whole is zero. −Q ∆V The simplest example of a capacitor consists of two conducting plates of area, which are parallel to each other, and separated by a distance d, as shown in Figure 5.1.2. A Figure 5.1.2 A parallel-plate capacitor Experiments show that the amount of charge Q stored in a capacitor is linearly