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Fields and their consequences (A-level only)

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Question 61

A biomedical engineer is designing a flexible capacitive pressure sensor. The sensor consists of a thin elastomeric dielectric film sandwiched in contact between two flexible conductive plates of a fixed area AAA.

The physical properties of four candidate elastomer films are listed in the table below:

FilmElastomer materialRelative permittivity εr\varepsilon_rεr​Thickness ddd / mm
ASilicone2.80.40
BPolyurethane6.41.60
CFluorosilicone5.60.70
DNatural Rubber3.20.50

Determine which elastomer film will produce the maximum capacitance. Justify your answer with appropriate calculations.

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