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Understanding Farad and Capacitance Units

The farad is the SI unit of capacitance and is named after Michael Faraday. A capacitor with a capacitance of 1 farad will accumulate a charge of 1 coulomb when a potential difference of 1 volt is applied across its plates. The document then provides examples and conversions of various units of capacitance - picofarads, nanofarads, and microfarads - to farads using multiplication by appropriate powers of 10.

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Understanding Farad and Capacitance Units

The farad is the SI unit of capacitance and is named after Michael Faraday. A capacitor with a capacitance of 1 farad will accumulate a charge of 1 coulomb when a potential difference of 1 volt is applied across its plates. The document then provides examples and conversions of various units of capacitance - picofarads, nanofarads, and microfarads - to farads using multiplication by appropriate powers of 10.

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Farad (F)

Farad is the unit of capacitance. It is named after Michael Faraday.


The farad measures how much electric charge is accumulated on the capacitor.
1 farad is the capacitance of a capacitor that has charge of 1 coulomb when applied voltage drop
of 1 volt.
1F = 1C / 1V

Table of capacitance values in Farad


name
picofarad
nanofarad
microfarad
millifarad
farad
kilofarad
megafarad

symbol conversion example


pF
1pF=10-12F C=10pF
nF
1nF=10-9F C=10nF
F
1F=10-6F C=10F
mF
1mF=10-3F C=10mF
F
C=10F
3
kF
1kF=10 F C=10kF
MF
1MF=106F C=10MF

Picofarad (pF) to Farad (F) conversion


The capacitance C in farad (F) is equal to the capacitance C in picofarad (pF) times 10-12:
C(F) = C(pF) 10-12
Example - convert 30pF to farad:
C(F) = 30 pF 10-12 = 3010-12 F

Nanofarad (nF) to Farad (F) conversion


The capacitance C in farad (F) is equal to the capacitance C in nanofarad (nF) times 10-9:
C(F) = C(nF) 10-9
Example - convert 5nF to farad:
C(F) = 5 nF 10-9 = 510-9 F

Microfarad (F) to Farad (F) conversion


The capacitance C in farad (F) is equal to the capacitance C in microfarad (F) times 10-6:
C(F) = C(F) 10-6
Example - convert 30F to farad:
C(F) = 30 F 10-6 = 3010-6 F = 0.00003 F

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