Schaum's Outline of College Physics, Twelfth Edition (Schaum's Outlines)
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Author: Eugene Hecht
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 25, Problem 60SP
(a) Calculate the capacitance of a capacitor consisting of two parallel plates separated by a layer of paraffin wax 0.50 cm thick, the area of each plate being 80
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