In capacitors, why does capacitance increase when the plates move closer together?

Question

my common sense tells me that capacitance increases as the plates move apart -but this is not true

Answer 1

Capacitance is a measure of the charge collected on the plates of a capacitor vs the voltage on those plates. The charge on the plates of the capacitor create an electric field between those plates. The electric field intensity depends only on the amount of charge E = kq. The field is measured in units of volts per distance (volts/m or volts/cm). If the charge (and therefore the field E) stays the same as the plates move close together, then the voltage between the plates, which is V = E*d, will decrease. Since capacitance is C = q/V, if the voltage decreases, the capacitance increases. It takes less voltage to support a given charge (electric field) if the plates are closer together.

Answer 2

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