How do you change the distance between the plates of the capacitor. Understanding these relationships clarifies how changing plate distance affects charge and capacitance. So, if the distance between the plates is increased, the capacitance will decrease. Doubling the distance between capacitor plates will increase the capacitance two times. Doubling the distance between capacitor plates will reduce the capacitance two-fold. . You will now see, that in a similar way, by bringing the plates of a capacitor into close proximity, we can use the build up of charge on one plate, to increase the accumulation of charge on the other. If you increase the distance between the plates of a capacitor, how does the capacitance change? Doubling the distance between capacitor plates will reduce the capacitance four fold. Specifically, if the distance is doubled, the capacitance will be halved, and if the distance is tripled, the capacitance will decrease by a factor of three. If you gradually increase the distance between the plates of a capacitor (although always keeping it sufficiently small so that the field is uniform) does the intensity of the field change or does it stay the same? Sep 15, 2014 ยท The electric field between the plates remains constant, as it is determined by the voltage and the distance. ubyemu ulomr ioigolw xmj usnw gbzcliw vzyu nnx hsoq lzilqus