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Re: Capacitor terminology

At 10:19 2/16/98 -0800,
Leigh Palmer wrote:
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Why did they use mmF instead of pF?

This was in the days before SI. I'm an old crock.

Leigh

Naaah - in the REAL old days, capacitance was measured in 'jars'
and more recently microfarads could be abbreviated as uF
using the u to stand in for mu. (= 1E-6)
This sub-convention provided an alternative meaning for mF
which just possibly could stand for millifarads
- but not often...

brian whatcott <inet@intellisys.net>
Altus OK