Capacitance Converter
Convert between 6 units of capacitance — farads, millifarads, microfarads, nanofarads, picofarads, and femtofarads.
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About the Capacitance Converter
Capacitance is a component's ability to store electrical energy in an electric field, measured in farads (F). One farad stores one coulomb of charge at one volt — an extraordinarily large capacitance in practice. Real capacitors range from picofarads (pF) in RF circuits to thousands of microfarads (μF) in power supplies. Supercapacitors (ultracapacitors) reach hundreds or even thousands of farads for energy storage applications.
Quick facts
- ›One farad is so large that early supercapacitors reaching 1 F were considered extraordinary
- ›A typical decoupling capacitor in electronics is 100 nF (0.1 μF)
- ›The human body has a capacitance of roughly 100–300 pF to nearby grounded conductors
- ›Supercapacitors can reach 10,000 F and are used for regenerative braking in trams and buses
Common uses: Electronics, power supplies, signal filtering, energy storage, RF circuits, sensor design