Q. A cylindrical capacitor has charge $Q$ and length$\ L$. If both the charge and length of the capacitors are doubled, by keeping other parameters fixed, the energy stored in the capacitor

A) Remains same
B) Increases two times
C) Decreases two times
D) Increase four time
Explanation

(b) Energy of a charged capacitor,
$\ \ \ \ E = \frac{1}{2}\frac{Q^{2}}{C}$
$\ \ \ C = \ \frac{2\pi\varepsilon_{0}L}{\log_{e}\left( \frac{b}{a} \right)}$
$\ E^{'} = \ \frac{1}{2}\frac{Q^{2}}{2\pi\varepsilon_{0}L}\log_{e}\left( \frac{b}{a} \right)\ $ …(i)
For a cylindrical capacitor.
where $L$= length of the cylinders
$a\ and\ b$ = radii of two concentric cylinders
$\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ C^{'} = \ \frac{2\pi\varepsilon_{0}(2L)}{\log_{e}\left( \frac{b}{a} \right)}$
$\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ E^{'} = \frac{1}{2}\frac{(2Q)^{2}}{C'}$
$\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ = \frac{1}{2}\frac{(2Q)^{2}}{2\pi\varepsilon_{0}(2L)}\log_{e}\left( \frac{b}{a} \right)\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ $ ...(ii)
From Eqs. (i) and (ii), we get
$\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ E^{'} = \ 2E$

Dr. Abubacker
Reviewed by Dr. Abubacker

Physics Educator & NEET/JEE Specialist

Ph.D. in Physics with 19+ years of teaching experience.