Convert electrical capacitance units including Microfarads (µF), Nanofarads (nF), Picofarads (pF), Millifarads (mF), and Farads (F).
0.01 Nanofarad
Capacitance (symbol: C) is the ability of a component or circuit to collect and store energy in the form of an electrical charge between two conductive plates separated by an insulator (dielectric). In the SI system, capacitance is measured in Farads (F), named after Michael Faraday.
Because 1 Farad is exceptionally large, electronic components are commonly rated using metric submultiples: Picofarads (pF = 10⁻¹² F) for radio-frequency tuning and crystal oscillators; Nanofarads (nF = 10⁻⁹ F) for audio filters and timing circuits; Microfarads (µF = 10⁻⁶ F) for power supply rectifiers and audio decoupling; Farads (F) and Kilofarads (kF) for energy-storing supercapacitors.
Common 3-digit capacitor EIA codes: 101 = 100 pF = 0.1 nF; 102 = 1,000 pF = 1 nF = 0.001 µF; 103 = 10,000 pF = 10 nF = 0.01 µF; 104 = 100,000 pF = 100 nF = 0.1 µF; 105 = 1,000,000 pF = 1,000 nF = 1 µF.
There are exactly 1,000,000 picofarads (pF) in 1 microfarad (µF). 1 µF = 1,000 nF = 1,000,000 pF.
Divide the nanofarad value by 1,000. For example, 100 nF ÷ 1,000 = 0.1 µF (also written as 104 in capacitor three-digit code).
Capacitor code 104 means 10 followed by 4 zeros in picofarads (100,000 pF), which is equal to 100 nF or 0.1 µF.
A standard 1 Farad capacitor storing charge at 1 Volt contains 1 full Coulomb of charge. In traditional electronics, microfarads (µF) and picofarads (pF) are standard, while Farad-scale capacitors are supercapacitors (ultracapacitors) used for battery backup and vehicle regenerative braking.
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