Farad
| farad | |
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A 1-farad supercapacitor. The scale behind is in inches (top) and centimetres (bottom). | |
| General information | |
| Unit system | SI |
| Unit of | capacitance |
| Symbol | F |
| Named after | Michael Faraday |
| Conversions | |
| 1 F in ... | ... is equal to ... |
| SI base units | kg−1⋅m−2⋅s4⋅A2 |
The farad (symbol: F) is the unit of electrical capacitance, the ability of a body to store an electrical charge, in the International System of Units (SI), equivalent to 1 coulomb per volt (C/V). It is named after the English physicist Michael Faraday (1791–1867). In SI base units 1 F = 1 kg−1⋅m−2⋅s4⋅A2.