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A fully charged capacitor has a capacitance C. It is discharged through a small coil of resistance wire embedded in a thermally insulated block of specific heat capacity s and mass n. If the temperature of the block is raised by T, the potential difference V across the capacitor is

a
msΔTC
b
2msΔTC
c
2mCΔTs
d
mCΔTs

detailed solution

Correct option is B

The energy stored in the capacitor =12CV2This energy is used in increasing the temperature of the block by ∆T. Therefore,12CV2=msΔTV=2msΔTC1/2

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