Answer to Question #301691 in Electricity and Magnetism for Chemistry

Question

Suppose the two plates of a capacitor have different areas. When the capacitor is charged by connecting it to a battery, do the charges on the two plates have equal magnitude, or may they be different? Explain your reasoning.

Answer 1

Answer 

Yes, magnitude of charge on both plates will be equal because all the electrons lost from positive plate will go to negative.