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Displacement Field
Even though the space between the plates of a capacitor is empty, current flows through the capacitor when the voltage across the plates is changing. That current is equal to the capacitance times the time rate of change of the voltage.
Unlike the wires in which the current consists of moving charged particles (electrons), the current that flows between the plates is due to moving electric fields. The current flowing between the plates is known as the displacement current.
Displacement Field
Even though the space between the plates of a capacitor is empty, current flows through the capacitor when the voltage across the plates is changing. That current is equal to the capacitance times the time rate of change of the voltage.
Unlike the wires in which the current consists of moving charged particles (electrons), the current that flows between the plates is due to moving electric fields. The current flowing between the plates is known as the displacement current.