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Electric Capacitance, Energy of an Electric Field

Problem 3.106

A cylindrical capacitor is filled with two cylindrical layers of dielectric with permittivities ε1\varepsilon_{1} and ε2.\varepsilon_{2} . The inside radii of the layers are equal to R1R_{1} and R2>R1.R_{2}>R_{1} . The maximum permissible values of electric field strength are equal to E1mE_{1 m} and E2mE_{2 m} for these dielectrics. At what relationship between ε,R,\varepsilon, R, and EmE_{m} will the voltage increase result in the field strength reaching the breakdown value for both dielectrics simultaneously?

Reveal Answer
 When ε1R1E1m=ε2R2E2m\text { When } \varepsilon_{1} R_{1} E_{1 m}=\varepsilon_{2} R_{2} E_{2 m}