alleryStart learning →When a charged capacitor shares charge with an identical empty one, where does the lost energy go?
AInto the battery
BInto plate charge
CInto dielectric mass
DInto heat and radiation
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Into heat and radiation
A transient current flows during sharing, and energy is dissipated as heat and electromagnetic radiation.
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