We are back! Summer hiatus is over and new physics content is here. Welcome back to school to everyone in the USA!
In this new lesson, Bobby, Billy, Bo and I take a deeper look at vacuum permittivity and the dielectric constant. We explore why a dielectric must be made from an insulating material, how the polarization of a dielectric reduces the net electric field in an isolated capacitor, and what the dielectric constant really means. We also work through the electric permittivity of mylar as an example, and touch on where vacuum permittivity shows up elsewhere in physics. Check out the video below!
In this new lesson, Bobby, Billy, Bo and I take a deeper look at vacuum permittivity and the dielectric constant. We explore why a dielectric must be made from an insulating material, how the polarization of a dielectric reduces the net electric field in an isolated capacitor, and what the dielectric constant really means. We also work through the electric permittivity of mylar as an example, and touch on where vacuum permittivity shows up elsewhere in physics. Check out the video below!
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