A parallel-plate capacitor is designed to have a capacitance of

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Problem

A parallel-plate capacitor is designed to have a capacitance of 220 pF220\,\text{pF}. The plates each have an area of 20 cm220\,\text{cm}^2 and are filled with a dielectric material of constant κ=2.4\kappa = 2.4. Determine the required plate separation in millimetres.

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