A capacitor's capacitance is measured in farads, with 1 farad able to store 1 coulomb of charge at 1 volt. A coulomb contains 6.25 billion billion electrons. A 1-farad capacitor could hold 1 amp-second of electrons at 1 volt but would be quite large, around the size of a can of tuna or liter soda bottle. Therefore, capacitors are typically measured in microfarads which are millionths of a farad.
A capacitor's capacitance is measured in farads, with 1 farad able to store 1 coulomb of charge at 1 volt. A coulomb contains 6.25 billion billion electrons. A 1-farad capacitor could hold 1 amp-second of electrons at 1 volt but would be quite large, around the size of a can of tuna or liter soda bottle. Therefore, capacitors are typically measured in microfarads which are millionths of a farad.
A capacitor's capacitance is measured in farads, with 1 farad able to store 1 coulomb of charge at 1 volt. A coulomb contains 6.25 billion billion electrons. A 1-farad capacitor could hold 1 amp-second of electrons at 1 volt but would be quite large, around the size of a can of tuna or liter soda bottle. Therefore, capacitors are typically measured in microfarads which are millionths of a farad.
A capacitor's capacitance is measured in farads, with 1 farad able to store 1 coulomb of charge at 1 volt. A coulomb contains 6.25 billion billion electrons. A 1-farad capacitor could hold 1 amp-second of electrons at 1 volt but would be quite large, around the size of a can of tuna or liter soda bottle. Therefore, capacitors are typically measured in microfarads which are millionths of a farad.
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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).