Answer to Question #159150 in Electric Circuits for Rashinda

Question

How would you relate capacitance to relative permittivity?

Answer 1

The capacitance of the capasitor depends on the relative permittivity of the material, used as dielectric.

For example, the capacitance of the parallel plate capacitor is

$C=\varepsilon_r \varepsilon_0 \frac {S}{d},$

where $\varepsilon_r$ - the relative permittivity of the material between plates;

$\varepsilon_0$ - absolute dielectric permittivity of vacuum;

S - the area of the plate;

d - the distance between the plates.