What is Capacitor conversion?
Capacitors are a common type of electronic component, and their values are typically expressed in microfarads, F (or uF if a micro character is not available), nanofarads, nF, or picofarads, pF.
There is often overlapping between these multipliers. For instance, 0.1F can be written as 100nF, and there are numerous other examples of this type of notation ambiguity.
The use of the nanofarad, nF, is also less common in some areas, with values expressed in fractions of a F and large multiples of picofarads, pF. When components marked in nanofarad are visible, it may be appropriate to convert to nanofards, nF in these circumstances.
Capacitance is the capacity of an isolated conductor to hold electrical charges. The farad is the SI unit for capacitance, and its symbol is C.
Formula for capacitance:
| C = | q |
| V |
| Where: q - charges on the plates V - voltage between the plates |
Units of measurement:
Abfarad (abF), Attofarad (aF), Centifarad (cF), Coulomb per volt, Decafarad (daF), Decifarad (dF), Exafarad (EF), Farad (F), Femtofarad (fF), Gigafarad (GF), Hectofarad (hF), Kilofarad (kF), Megafarad (MF), Microfarad (µF), Millifarad (mF), Nanofarad (nF), Petafarad (PF), Picofarad (pF), Statfarad (statF), Terafarad (TF), Yoctofarad (yF), Yottafarad (YF), Zeptofarad (zF), Zettafarad (ZF)
Capacitor conversion chart
| CAPACITOR VALUE CONVERSION CHART PF TO NF, Μ TO NF, ETC . . | ||
|---|---|---|
| MICROFARADS (ΜF) | NANOFARADS (NF) | PICOFARADS (PF) |
| 0.000001 | 0.001 | 1 |
| 0.00001 | 0.01 | 10 |
| 0.0001 | 0.1 | 100 |
| 0.001 | 1 | 1000 |
| 0.01 | 10 | 10000 |
| 0.1 | 100 | 100000 |
| 1 | 1000 | 1000000 |
| 10 | 10000 | 10000000 |
| 100 | 100000 | 100000000 |
