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Often when buying from an electronic components distributor or electronic components store, the markings of specifications may use different notations and it may be necessary to convert them.Ĭapacitor values can be of over 10 9 range, and even more as super capacitors are now being used. The capacitor conversion chart below reveals the equivalents between ♟, nF and pF in an easy to use table format. It could be disastrous to be out by a factor of ten! It can sometimes be confusing when a circuit diagram or electronic components list may mention the value in terms of picofarads for example and the listings for an electronic component distributor of electronic components store may mention it in another.Īlso when undertaking electronic circuit design, it is necessary to ensure the electronic component values are specified in the current multiple of ten. Under these circumstances it may be necessary to convert to nanofards, nF when components marked in nanofarad are available.
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For example 0.1♟ can also be expressed as 100nF, and there are many more examples of this type of notation confusion.Īlso in some areas the use of nanofarad, nF is less widespread with values being expressed in fractions of a ♟ and large multiples of picofarads, pF. Often there is an overlap between these multipliers.
COMMON CAPACITOR CODE CHART SERIES
Capacitor values may be expressed in ♟, nF and pF and value conversions often need to be made between them, nF to ♟, nF to pF and vice versa.Ĭapacitance Capacitor formulas Capacitive reactance Parallel & series capacitors Dielectric constant & relative permittivity Dissipation factor, loss tangent, ESR Capacitor conversion chartĬapacitors are a very common form of electronic component and capacitor values are generally expressed in terms of microfarads, ♟ (sometimes uF when a micro character is not available), nanofarads, nF and picofarads, pF. With class definitions understood you can look how the temperature coefficients break down.Capacitor Conversion Chart & Calculator: uF to nF, pF to nF. They can be substituted with EIA class 2- Y5U/Y5V or Z5U/Z5V capacitorsĬlass IV (or written class 4) ceramic capacitors are barrier layer capacitors which are not standardized anymore Class 1 ceramic caps offer high stability and low losses for resonant circuit applicationsĬlass I ceramic caps offer high stability and low losses for resonant circuit applicationsĬlass 2 ceramic capacitors offer high volumetric efficiency for smoothing, by-pass, coupling and decoupling applicationsĬlass II (or written class 2) ceramic capacitors offer high volumetric efficiency with change of capacitance lower than −15% to +15% and a temperature range greater than −55 ☌ to +125 ☌, for smoothing, by-pass, coupling and decoupling applicationsĬlass 3 ceramic capacitors are barrier layer capacitors which are not standardized anymoreĬlass III (or written class 3) ceramic capacitors offer higher volumetric efficiency than EIA class II and typical change of capacitance by −22% to +56% over a lower temperature range of 10 ☌ to 55 ☌.