Electrical Capacitance Converter
Convert between electrical capacitance units like farads, microfarads, nanofarads, and picofarads with highest precision.
Result
mF
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Conversion Formula
1 farad × 1 → 1 F 1 F ÷ 0.001 → 1000 millifarad
About Electrical Capacitance
Electrical capacitance is a fundamental property that measures the ability of a component or circuit to store electrical charge. It is quantified in farads (F), named after English physicist Michael Faraday. Capacitance represents the ratio of electric charge stored on a conductor to the electric potential difference.
- Farad (F) - The base SI unit of electrical capacitance, defined as the capacitance of a capacitor that stores one coulomb of charge at one volt potential difference.
- Millifarad (mF) - 0.001 farads, used for large capacitance values in power electronics and energy storage applications.
- Microfarad (μF) - 0.000001 farads, commonly used in electronic circuits for coupling, filtering, and timing applications.
- Nanofarad (nF) - 0.000000001 farads, used in high-frequency circuits and precision electronic applications.
- Picofarad (pF) - 0.000000000001 farads, used in RF circuits, oscillators, and ultra-precision applications.
- Kilofarad (kF) - 1,000 farads, used in supercapacitor and energy storage system specifications.
- Coulomb per Volt (C/V) - Alternative unit equivalent to farad, expressing the charge-to-voltage relationship directly.
Understanding capacitance is essential for designing electronic circuits, energy storage systems, and analyzing AC circuit behavior in electrical engineering.
Electrical Capacitance Units
Electrical capacitance units are fundamental for designing and analyzing circuits involving charge storage, filtering, timing, and energy storage. These units span applications from tiny ceramic capacitors in microelectronics to massive supercapacitors in electric vehicles.
- Farad (F) — The fundamental SI unit of electrical capacitance, universally used in circuit analysis and component specifications.
- Millifarad (mF) — Applied in large-capacitance applications such as motor start capacitors, power supplies, and energy storage systems.
- Microfarad (μF) — The most common unit in electronics, used for electrolytic capacitors, power supply filtering, and audio coupling circuits.
- Nanofarad (nF) — Essential for ceramic and film capacitors in signal processing, timing circuits, and high-frequency applications.
- Picofarad (pF) — Critical for precision applications in RF circuits, crystal oscillators, and parasitic capacitance measurements.
- Kilofarad (kF) — Used in supercapacitor specifications for energy storage, backup power systems, and electric vehicle applications.
- Coulomb per Volt (C/V) — Alternative expression of capacitance, particularly useful in theoretical analysis and educational contexts.
- These capacitance units enable engineers to accurately specify, design, and analyze electrical energy storage across all scales of electronics, from smartphone circuits to grid-scale energy storage systems.