Home
Class 12
PHYSICS
In what form is the energy stored in a...

In what form is the energy stored in a charged capacitance ?

Text Solution

Verified by Experts

Energy is stored in the form of electrostatic potential energy in the electric field between the plates of capacitor.
Promotional Banner

Similar Questions

Explore conceptually related problems

In what form is the energy stored in an inductor or A coil of inductance L is carrying a steady current i . What is the nature of its stored energy

In which form of the following, the energy is stored in the capacitor?

Consider the following network of capacitors. The capacitances are marked in the figure. If emnergy stored in the capacitor of capacitance 6muF is E, then what will be the total amount of energy stored in the system?

Find the energy stored in a capacitor of capacitance 100muF when it is charged to a potential difference of 20 V.

Suppose the initial charge on the capactor in the above question is 6 mC. What is the total energy stored in the capactor intially ? What is the total energy at later time ?

There is an air capacitor with capacitance C, charged to a potential difference of V. If the capacitor is isolated from the battery after charging, and then a dielectric slab is inserted in between the plates of capacitor. How will the energy stored in this capacitor change?