Capacitance of spherical capacitor¶
A spherical capacitor is composed of two concentric spheres with the space between them filled with a dielectric medium. See Figure.
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- capacitance¶
capacitanceof the capacitor.- Symbol:
C- Latex:
\(C\)
- Dimension:
capacitance
- absolute_permittivity¶
absolute_permittivityof the medium between the spheres.- Symbol:
epsilon- Latex:
\(\varepsilon\)
- Dimension:
capacitance/length
- inner_radius¶
Radius of the inner sphere. See
distance_to_origin.- Symbol:
r_in- Latex:
\(r_\text{in}\)
- Dimension:
length
- outer_radius¶
Radius of the outer sphere. See
distance_to_origin.- Symbol:
r_out- Latex:
\(r_\text{out}\)
- Dimension:
length
- law¶
C = 4 * pi * epsilon * r_in * r_out / (r_out - r_in)- Latex:
- \[C = \frac{4 \pi \varepsilon r_\text{in} r_\text{out}}{r_\text{out} - r_\text{in}}\]