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II. Short Answer Questions · Q20

Q.Define 'capacitance'. Give its unit.

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Step 1. Capacitance of a capacitor (or a conductor) is defined as the ratio of the charge stored to the potential difference across it: C=Q/VC=Q/V.

Step 2. It is a purely geometric property (depending on shape, size and the medium filling the gap), never on the instantaneous charge or voltage. SI unit: the farad (F), equal to …

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