›› Measurement unit: farad [SI standard]

Full name: farad [SI standard]

Plural form: farads

Symbol: F

Category type: capacitance

Scale factor: 1


›› SI unit: farad

The SI derived unit for capacitance is the farad.
1 farad is equal to 1 farad [SI standard].


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›› Definition: Farad

The farad (symbol F) is the SI unit of capacitance (named after Michael Faraday). A capacitor has a value of one farad when one coulomb of charge causes a potential difference of one volt across it. Its equivalent expressions in other SI units are: Since the farad is a very large unit, values of capacitors are usually expressed in microfarads (?F), nanofarads (nF), or picofarads (pF). The picofarad is comically called a "puff" in laboratory usage.


›› Sample conversions: farad [SI standard]

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