A Battery Is Used to Charge a Parallel-Plate Capacitor, After

question 53

Multiple Choice

A battery is used to charge a parallel-plate capacitor, after which it is disconnected.Then the plates are pulled apart to twice their original separation.This process will double the:

• A)capacitance
• B)surface charge density on each plate
• C)stored energy
• D)electric field between the two places
• E)charge on each plate

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