A parallel plate capacitor has plate dimensions 4cm by 2.7cm separated by a 1.2-mm thickness paper. If the dielectric strengthof paper is 16 x105 V/m, what is the maximum energy (J) that can be stored in the capacitor? Use kpaper= 3.7. Round off only onthe final answer expressed in 5 decimal places.

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A parallel plate capacitor has plate dimensions 4cm by 2.7cm separated by a 1.2-mm thickness paper. If the dielectric strength of paper is 16 x10 V/m, what is the maximum energy (J) that can be stored in the capacitor? Use kpaper= 3.7. Round off only on the final answer expressed in 5 decimal places.

A parallel plate capacitor has plate dimensions 4cm by 2.7cm separated by a 1.2-mm thickness paper. If the dielectric strength of paper is 16 x10 V/m, what is the maximum energy (J) that can be stored in the capacitor? Use kpaper= 3.7. Round off only on the final answer expressed in 5 decimal places.

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Chapter25: Surge, Spike, And Lightning Protection

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