The dielectric constant is a measure of the spring constant. A material with a large dielectric constant is made of "stretchy" atoms or molecules. Given a parallel plate capacitor, the capacitance depends on the distance between the plates. Inserting a dielectric effectively adds plates, reducing the separation.
Dielectric constant is the ratio of permittivity of a medium to the permittivity of free space. How to find dielectric constant of a conductor?
A dielectric with high permittivity $\varepsilon$ permits (requires) more polarization for a given field magnitude than a low permittivity one. More polarization means more charge stored, so the high $\varepsilon$ material must hold more charge for a given field to be measured across it when used as a dielectric in a capacitor.
I'm wondering what the dielectric constant or permittivity of metals is --particularly copper. Do metals have an infinite permittivity?
2 We have a conductor of resistivity $\rho$ and has a boundary with a dielectric of permittivity $\epsilon$ and we have displacement vector $\vec D$ at an angle $\alpha$ with normal to the boundary and directed from conductor to the dielectric. I need to find the conductor's surface charge density and current density in the vicinity of the ...
Further, this would imply that the equation for net displacement current in a dielectric medium would be $\epsilon_ok \frac {d\phi_E} {dt}$ However, this result doesn't make intuitive sense to me. Could someone please explain if there's a problem with my thinking here?
This mean that in a dielectric the electric field lines must also be zero then how Does the image says that""electric fields can pass through dielectrics" "??