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Common potential after connection. V common = C 1 V 1 + C 2 V 2 C 1 + C 2 = 60 × 20 + 0 120 = 10 V o l t Loss of energy = 1 2 C V 2 - 1 2 ( 2 C ) × V Common 2 <!-- [if gte msEquation 12]> =12×60×10-12×(20)2-60×10-12×(10)2 =60×10-12(200-100) =6000×10-12 =6 nJ

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A $60 p F$ capacitor is fully charged by a $20 V$ supply. It is then disconnected from the supply and is connected to another uncharged $60 p F$ capacitor in parallel. The electrostatic energy that is lost in this process by the time the charge is redistributed between them is (in $n J$ )

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Common potential after connection.

$V_{common} = \frac{C_{1} V_{1} + C_{2} V_{2}}{C_{1} + C_{2}} = \frac{60 \times 20 + 0}{120} = 10 V o l t$

Loss of energy $= \frac{1}{2} {C V}^{2} - \frac{1}{2} (2 C) \times V_{Common}^{2}$

\begin{array}{r} = \frac{1}{2} \times 60 \times 10^{- 12} \times (20)^{2} - 60 \times 10^{- 12} \times (10)^{2} \\ = 60 \times 10^{- 12} (200 - 100) \\ = 6000 \times 10^{- 12} \\ = 6 n J \end{array}

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