Question

Which of the following statements about the discharging of a capacitor through a lightbulb are correct?

a) Electrons in the wires flow away from the negative plate, toward the positive plate, reducing the charge on the plates.
b) The electric field at a location inside the wire is due to charge on the surface of the wires and charge on the plates of the capacitor.
c) Electrons flow across the gap between the plates of the capacitor, thus reducing the charge on the capacitor.
d) The fringe field of the capacitor decreases as the charge on the capacitor plates decreases.

Answer 1

Answer:

The answer is: a) Electrons in the wires flow away from the negative plate, toward the positive plate, reducing the charge on the plates.

Explanation:

When we have two conductive surfaces in total influence it is said that we have a capacitor and both surfaces are known as the plates or armatures of the condenser.

One of the surfaces will have a positive charge and the other negative. Since the number of field lines that leave one will stop at the other, the two charges are equal and opposite.

This means that a capacitor does not store net charge, since it is always zero. When it is said that a capacitor stores this or that charge or is charged, it always refers to the positive plate charge.

What a capacitor does store is electric energy, because of the electric field between the plates.  

If we connect the charged capacitor to a lamp, it will discharge through the bulb until the capacitor charge is exhausted. The current disappears and the lamp goes out.

The answer is: a) Electrons in the wires flow away from the negative plate, toward the positive plate, reducing the charge on the plates.

Answer 2

Option A is correct. (a) Electrons in the wires flow away from the negative plate, toward the positive plate, reducing the charge on the plates.

What is a capacitor?

A capacitor is a device that can store electrical energy. It is a two-conductor configuration separated by an insulating medium that carries charges of equal size and opposite sign.

An electric insulator or vacuum, such as glass, paper, air, or a semi-conductor termed a dielectric, can be used as the non-conductive zone.

Capacitors come in a variety of shapes and sizes, and they have a wide range of uses in electronics.

We have a capacitor when two conductive surfaces are incomplete influence, and both surfaces are known as the plates or armatures of the condenser.

One side will have a positive charge, while the other will have a negative charge. The two charges are equal and opposing because the number of field lines that leave one will halt at the other.

As a result, a capacitor cannot hold the net charge since it is always zero. When a capacitor is claimed to store or charge anything, it is always referring to the positive plate charge.

Because of the electric field between the plates, a capacitor stores electric energy.

Hence Option A is correct. (a) Electrons in the wires flow away from the negative plate, toward the positive plate, reducing the charge on the plates.

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