FARAD

The 'farad' (symbol: F) is the SI unit of capacitance. It is named after the British physicist Michael Faraday.

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Definition

The farad is defined as the amount of capacitance for which a potential difference of one volt results in a static charge of one coulomb. It has the base SI representation of s⁴ · A² · m^-2 · kg^-1. Since an ampere is the rate of electrical flow (current) of one coulomb per second, an alternate definition is that a farad is the amount of capacitance that requires one second for a one ampere flow of charge to change the voltage by one volt. Further equalities follow:
:$mbox\{F\}$
= dfrac{mbox{C}}{mbox{V}}
= ,mathrm rac{A cdot s}{V}
= dfrac{mbox{C}^2}{mbox{J}}
= dfrac{mbox{C}^2}{mbox{N} cdot mbox{m}}
= dfrac{mbox{s}^4 cdot mbox{A}^2}{mbox{m}^{2} cdot mbox{kg}}

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Farad unit conversion tool