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Define the displacement current. What role does it play while charging a capacitor by DC source. Is the value of displacement current the same as that of the conduction current? Explain.

 

 

 

 
 
 
 
 

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The current due to the change in the electric field is known as displacement current.

I_{d}=\varepsilon _{0}\frac{d\phi}{dt}

Displacement current provides continuity of current in the circuit containing a capacitor.

Yes, the value of displacement current is equal to the conduction current. 

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