Farad

A farad (symbol: F) is the basic measuring unit of capacitance named after Michael Faraday. The capacitance of a capacitor is one farad when one coulomb of charge changes the potential between the plates by one volt. When measuring microelectronics, microfarads (mF) or picofarads (pF) are used because a farad is so large.

Farad measurements and values

• 1 millifarad (mF) = one thousandth (10^-3) of a farad.
• 1 microfarad (μF) = one millionth (10^-6) of a farad.
• 1 nanofarad (nF) = one billionth (10^-9) of a farad.
• 1 picofarad (pF) = one trillionth (10^-12) of a farad.

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