Electric field in an isolated parallel-plate capacitor with a dielectric (17-27)

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Electric field in an isolated parallel-plate capacitor with dielectric between the plates

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Dielectric constant: note that $k ≥ 1$

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Review

The quantity $\kappa$ (the Greek letter kappa) is the dielectric constant of the material. The greater the value of $\kappa$ , the more the dielectric is polarized when it is placed between the plates of a charged capacitor, so the greater the magnitude of the field $\vec{E}_{\mathrm{dielectric}}$ due to the dielectric and the smaller the magnitude $E$ of the net field. Table 17-1 lists values of the dielectric constant for a variety of materials.