//clear// //Caption: Program to calculate the capacitance of a parallel plate capacitor //Example6.3 //page 151 clc; S = 10;//area in square inch S = 10*(0.0254)^2; //area in square metre d = 0.01; //distance between the plates in inch d = 0.01*0.0254; //distance between the plates in metre e0 = 8.854e-12; //free space permittivity in F/m er = 6; //relative permittivity of mica e = e0*er; C = e*S/d; disp(C*1e09,'Capacitance of a parallel plate capacitor in pico farads C =') //Result //Capacitance of a parallel plate capacitor in pico farads C = 1.3493496