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Homework Statement
A non ideal capacitor having a 'leaky' dielectric where RL is the leakage resistance measured across the dielectric. A 100pF parallel plate capacitor has a mica dielectric of relative permittivelty Er = 12 and resistivity of p = 1014 ohm m.
Calculate the leakage resistance of this capacitor
2. C = Er A/d & R = p d/A
3. Ans
C = 100 pF, resistivity = 1014 ohm m
Er = 12
C = Er A/d ---- (1)
where A is the area of cross section of the plate and d is the distance between the plates ( or the length of the dielectric)
R = p d/A ----(2)
From (1), d/A = Er/C = 12/(100 x 10-12) = 12 x 1010
Substituting in (2)
R = 1014 x 12 x 1010
Or R = 12 x 1024 Ohm
Or R = 1.2 x 1025 Ohm
The Equation seems right however answer looks wrong