## anonymous one year ago The capacitance of a parallel-plate capacitor does not depend on: area of the plates medium between the plates distance between the plates the material of which the plates are made

1. Michele_Laino

the formula for capacitance C of a paralle-plate capacitor, is: $\Large C = {\varepsilon _0}\frac{S}{d}$ where S is the surface of each plate, and d is the distance between those plates. \epsilon_zero is a constant

2. Michele_Laino

parallel*-plate

3. anonymous

Ohh ok! So would it be the material of which the plates are made? because everything else you need to find out

4. anonymous

or the area of the plates? sorry just a little confused

5. Michele_Laino

oops, more precisely, if inside a capacitor there is a medium, with doelectric constant \epsilon_r, then the capacitance is: $\Large C = {\varepsilon _0}{\varepsilon _r}\frac{S}{d}$

6. Michele_Laino

I think the material of which the plates are made

7. anonymous

ok great! thank you so much!

8. Michele_Laino

:)