Re: Some capacitor questions

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Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <Mddeming-at-aol-dot-com>

In a message dated 10/19/01 9:13:46 AM Eastern Daylight Time, tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
writes: 



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> What is the difference between pF uF, and the others? If there was just a 
> site that tells conversions, that is all I would need, since I know what 
> pico, micro and the lot mean. 



Hi Jon, 
        According to my grandson's 6th grade math book: 
deci   (d)=0.1 =10^-1 
centi  (c)=0.01 =10^-2 
milli  (m)=0.001 =10^-3 
micro (u)=0.000001=10^-6 
nano   (n)=0.000000001=10^-9 
pico    (p)=0.000000000001=10^-12 
Deka   (D)=10 =10^1 
Hecto (H)=100 =10^2 
Kilo    (K)=1000 =10^3 
Mega (M)=1000000 =10^6 
Giga  (G)=1000000000 =10^9 
Tera  (T)=1000000000000 =10^12 
In older textbooks, capacitors are sometimes shown as mfd=microfarad,
mmfd=picofarad or uufd=picofarad. These are the only exceptions I am aware of
to the above table, and apply only to capacitors. 
Hope this helps. 

Matt D.