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 symbol conversion example
picofarad pF 1pF=10-12F C=10pF
nanofarad nF 1nF=10-9F C=10nF
microfarad μF 1μF=10-6F C=10μF
millifarad mF 1mF=10-3F C=10mF
farad F   C=10F
kilofarad kF 1kF=103F C=10kF
megafarad MF 1MF=106F C=10MF

 

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