capacitor with parallel plates, with an area of 20 cm^2 and separated by 1.5 mm, is full of air. If a potential difference of 10 V is applied to these plates, calculate the instant that electrostatic equilibrium is reached: a) the intensity of the electric field between the plates b) the surface charge density c) capacitance d) the charge on the positive plate e) the electric potential energy in the capacitor

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2.-A capacitor with parallel plates, with an area of 20 cm^2 and separated by 1.5 mm, is full of air. If a potential difference of 10 V is applied to these plates, calculate the instant that electrostatic equilibrium is reached:

a) the intensity of the electric field between the plates
b) the surface charge density
c) capacitance
d) the charge on the positive plate
e) the electric potential energy in the capacitor

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