When a capacitor is charged, the stored energy resides in ___________.

  1. on the capacitor plates
  2. both positive and negative charges

  3. only positive charge
  4. the field between the plates

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Option 4 : the field between the plates
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CONCEPT:

  • Capacitance: The capacitance tells that for a given voltage how much charge the device can store.

Q = CV

where Q is the charge in the capacitor, V is the voltage across the capacitor and C is the capacitance of it.

  • When the capacitor is charged with the battery, conservation of energy can be applied here.
  • Conservation of energy tells that if the potential energy of the battery decreases the energy of another part of the system must increase by the same amount.
  • So, the energy from the battery is stored in the electric field between the plates.
  • If no electric field existed between the plates, no energy would be stored between them.

EXPLANATION:

  • A capacitor is a device used to store energy for a given voltage.
  • When a battery is connected to the capacitor, the energy from the battery is stored in the capacitor.
  • This energy is stored in the electric field between the plates.
  • So the correct answer is option 4.
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