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When the battery across the plates of a charged condenser is disconnected and a dielectric slab is introduced between its plates then the energy stored

  1. A becomes infinity
  2. B does not change
  3. C increases
  4. D decreases
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(D) decreases

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Since the battery is disconnected, the charge on the capacitor remains constant. When the dielectric slab is introduced, the capacitance increases \(\mathrm{k}\) times.
Energy stored, \(\mathrm{U}_{\mathrm{i}}=\frac{\mathrm{q}^2}{2 \mathrm{C}}\)
\(
\mathrm{U}_{\mathrm{f}}=\frac{\mathrm{q}^2}{2 \mathrm{kC}} < \mathrm{U}_{\mathrm{i}}
\)
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