Capacitance of a Parallel Plate Capacitor
A parallel plate capacitor consists of two conducting plates separated by a dielectric, which inhibits the flow of electric charge between the plates. This formula is used to calculate the capacitance of a parallel plate capacitor, a measure of its ability to store charge. The capacitance is independent of the charge and voltage, only depending on the dimensions of the plates and dielectric material.
Enter any three variables out of area of the plates, distance between plates, dieletric constant, and capacitance to calculate the fourth variable. The dielectric constant of a vacuum is 1: