Question

The plates of a capacitor are connected to a battery and accumulate charge. What will happen to the charge on the plates if the battery is disconnected and the connectting wires do not touch. What will happen to the charge if the wires are then connected to each other? Explain your answer

Answer 1

i am taking an example to explain

a If the switch was disconnected at this point, the capacitor would maintain its charge indefinitely, but due to internal leakage currents flowing across its dielectric the capacitor would very slowly begin to discharge itself as the electrons passed through the dielectric.

bIf the switch is now moved from position A to position B, the fully charged capacitor would start to discharge through the circuit now connected across it,