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Phys 313 Quiz 12

Question 1

Joe has a 1m x 1m sheet of aluminum foil. He makes a coaxial cylindrical capacitor, in which the spacing between the cylinders is 1 cm. The capacitance of the device is 

   Answer:  about 0.4 nF

Question 2

This capacitance is

  1. much larger than
  2. about the same as
  3. much smaller than
that of a parallel-plate capacitor with gap 1 cm made of the same materials. 
   Answer:    B. about the same as

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