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A capacitor's storage potential, or capacitance, is measured in units

called farads. A 1-farad capacitor can store one coulomb (coo-lomb) of


charge at 1 volt. A coulomb is 6.25e18 (6.25 * 10^18, or 6.25 billion
billion) electrons. One amp represents a rate of electron flow of 1
coulomb of electrons per second, so a 1-farad capacitor can hold 1 ampsecond of electrons at 1 volt.
A 1-farad capacitor would typically be pretty big. It might be as big as a
can of tuna or a 1-liter soda bottle, depending on the voltage it can
handle. For this reason, capacitors are typically measured in microfarads
(millionths of a farad).

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