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Re: misconception regarding capacitors?

Textbooks tell us that a capacitor of capacitance 1E-10 is called a
100 pF capacitor. That's not true; it's called a 100 mmf capacitor,
or at least it useta be! At least capacitors that size were never
called condensers. Y'all remember getting a condenser in the kit
with your new points?

Leigh

The times, they are a'changin'!

100 picofarad is FAR more common than 100mmF these days, in fact 0.1
nanofarad is not uncommon.

Even these tiny values have a whole slew of + and - charges 'condensed'
onto the opposing electrodes.

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