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← ScienceWhich risk increases when rapidly switching a capacitor in high-voltage DC transmission?
A)Dielectric breakdown accelerates significantly✓
B)Capacitance value drifts erratically
C)ESR heat generation self-accelerates
D)Inductance impedance becomes minimal
💡 Explanation
Rapid switching induces large voltage transients because polarization within the dielectric material cannot respond instantly, stimulating intensified partial discharge, and therefore dielectric breakdown accelerates, rather than changes in capacitance value, which varies primarily with temperature.
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