Capacitance question

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I just purchased several 0.1uF capacitors. These critters were marked 104
which somehow translates into 0.1uF. Can someone explain this? Which brings
up several another questions. Does 1pF = 0.000000001F (8 zeros) ? Does 1uF =
0.000001F (5 zeros)? Is 1uF = 1000pF? Does pico mean 1 billionth? I have
seen some capacitors labeled nF on schematics published in Europe. What is
nF?

Inquiring minds want to know! Any insight will be appreciated.

TIA

Vic

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nf is nano farads, pf is pico farads, and uf is micro farads.
.00a00b00c00d

a = mili
b = micro
c = nano
d = pico
this good for anything, mili amps, micro farads, etc.

Norm & Monda
Cozy MK IV #202
Ford V-6 Powered

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From: "Victorf" <vfraenc1@n...>
To: "Stamp Mailing List" <basicstamps@egroups.com >
Sent: Saturday, July 15, 2000 2:25 PM
Subject: [noparse][[/noparse]basicstamps] Capacitance question


> I just purchased several 0.1uF capacitors. These critters were marked 104
> which somehow translates into 0.1uF. Can someone explain this? Which
brings
> up several another questions. Does 1pF = 0.000000001F (8 zeros) ? Does 1uF
=
> 0.000001F (5 zeros)? Is 1uF = 1000pF? Does pico mean 1 billionth? I have
> seen some capacitors labeled nF on schematics published in Europe. What is
> nF?
>
> Inquiring minds want to know! Any insight will be appreciated.
>
> TIA
>
> Vic
>
> _____________________________________________________
>
> Victor Fraenckel - The Windman vfraenc1@n...
>
> www.windsway.com
> Home of the WindReader Electronic Theodolite
> Read the WIND
>
>
>
>
>
>

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At 02:25 PM 7/15/00 -0400, Victorf wrote:
>I just purchased several 0.1uF capacitors. These critters were marked 104
>which somehow translates into 0.1uF. Can someone explain this? Which brings
>up several another questions. Does 1pF = 0.000000001F (8 zeros) ? Does 1uF =
>0.000001F (5 zeros)? Is 1uF = 1000pF? Does pico mean 1 billionth? I have
>seen some capacitors labeled nF on schematics published in Europe. What is
>nF?

Yep - 104 does mean 0.1 uF. Here's how it works. The capacitor value is
in pico farads, the numbers work just like resistor code. In other words,
the first 2 digits are the value, the last digit is the number of zeros
tacked on the end. So - 104 means 1 0 0000 pF or 100 nF or 0.1 uF (your pick).

1 pF is 10 to the minus 12 Farads.

dwayne



Dwayne Reid <dwayner@p...>
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