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    P510/2

    PHYSICS
    Paper 2
    2 hours

    Questions and Answers


    Paper II 2024
    Physics
    Paper Two
    2 hours
    Teacher: Walter OKELLO

    INSTRUCTIONS TO LEARNERS:

    • Mute your microphones and listen , only speak when your allowed to do so.

    • Take notes on your revision book.

    • Assume where necessary;

    Speed of light in a vacuum, c = 3.0 × 108 ms−1

    Plan
    -week3 : Magnetism and Electrostatics

    1
    Week 3

    1. (a) i. Define the term capacitance of a capacitor (01 mark)


    Capacitance of a capacitor is the ratio of the magnitude of charge between the plates to
    the p.d between the plates.
    ii. Explain the process of charging a capacitor from a battery. (04 marks)
    When the battery of emf, say Vo , is connected across the plates A and B of a capacitor,
    electrons are urged by the battery from plate B and get deposited on plate A. Thus, B
    acquires a positive charge while A acquires a negative charge and a p.d, V , between the
    plates comes into existence. As charges accumulate, V increases and since it is
    opposing Vo , the charging current I decreases. When V becomes equal to Vo , the
    capacitor is said to be fully charged with respect to the battery p.d Vo and the charging
    current, I becomes zero. When the battery is disconnected, the plates retain their
    charge.
    iii. Derive an expression for the energy stored in a capacitor of capacitance C, farads when
    connected to a d.c source of emf V, volts. (04 marks)
    .
    iv. Two capacitors each of capacitance 500P F (1P F = 10−12 F ) and with air as a
    dielectric between them are connected to each other in parallel and charged by 6V
    battery. The battery is removed, the capacitors remaining connected and an insulating
    liquid is poured into one of the capacitors increasing its capacitance to 2500P F .
    a. Calculate the charge on each capacitor before and after the liquid is poured in. (04
    marks)
    b. Calculate the change in energy (05 mark)
    v. Describe an experiment to determine the capacitance of a capacitor using a ballistic
    galvanometer. (05 marks)
    (b) i. Define dielectric strength (01 mark)
    Is the maximum potential gradient beyond which a dielectric material breaks down.
    Or A maximum electric field intensity on an insulator that it can withstand without
    becoming conducting.
    ii. A 200µF capacitor is connected a cross a 120V battery and allowed to charge fully.
    The capacitor is then disconnected from the battery and instead connected to an electric
    heater immersed in 1.0cm3 of water at room temperature. assuming no energy loses
    occur in the process, determine the temperature change in the water.
    ( Take density of water as 1.0gcm−3 ) (04 marks)

    2
    iii. Two capacitors of capacitance 3µF and 2µF respectively are connected in series, the
    free plate of the smaller being connected to earth. If the free plate of the larger is
    charged to a potential of 200volt, determine the potential difference across the smaller
    capacitor and the energy stored in it. (05 marks)
    iv. The movement of a thin metal diaphragm in a pressure guage is determined by the
    arrangement shown where two electrodes E1 and E2 and the diaphragm, D from two
    plates C1 and C2 in series.

    Assume equilibrium distance E1 to D and D to E2 be both equal to d, and effective


    area of C1 and C2 to be A.
    (V (d + x))
    Show that V1 =
    2d
    Where x is the distance moved by the diapragm down from its central equilibrium
    positrion. (04 marks) (04 marks).

    2. The End

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