Try it on paper first. A hint, the key idea and the worked solution are here when you need them.
A rolled capacitor is made of two long strips of foil, each cm wide, with a thin film between them. The film is mm thick. The capacitor must have . Find the area of foil needed if the film were air. Then find how long each strip must be. Then find the length of each strip when the film has a dielectric constant of .
. Two plates give and . A ball and a shell give . A film of dielectric constant that fills the gap gives . Air breaks down at about V/m.
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Work it out on paper first. It is fine to get stuck or make a mistake: that is how we learn. When you are ready, go through the solution one step at a time, and check each step against your own.
Given. F, m, width m.
Step 1. The area with air. We want , so .
Step 2. The length with air. .
Step 3. With the film. , so is times smaller, . The strip is m long.
Answer: and m with air, and m with the film.
Check. A roll of foil m long, wound round and round, fits in a can a few centimetres wide. This is how a real capacitor is built.
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