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Re: Definition of a Farad
Where did the word Farad itself come from?
In other words, why was it called Farad and not something else?
At 07:42 AM 4/17/99 -0600, you wrote:
Original Poster: Brent L Caldwell <stretchmonster-at-juno-dot-com>
Original Poster: Brent Caldwell <StretchMonster-at-juno-dot-com>
Yuri --
I am writing in response to your question about what Farads mean.
Farads are units of capacitance, as you know. Also, yes they are
Coulombs per Volt.
Suppose that a certain microcapacitor has 3 nano-Farads of capacitance.
This means that the construction and geometry of the capacitor is such
that if a voltage of 1 Volt is applied to the capacitor, then 3
nano-Coulombs of charge will aquire on each plate of the capacitor -- so
it is 3 nano-Coulombs per volt, or 3 nano-Farads.
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