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Capacitance

Capacitance is the ability of an object to store electric charge. It is measured by the change in charge in response to a difference in electric potential, expressed as the ratio of those quantities. Commonly recognized are two closely related notions of capacitance: self-capacitance and mutual capacitance.: 237–238 An object that can be electrically…

Measuring capacitance, Self-capacitance & Mutual capacitance

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Common symbols
C
Derivations from other quantities
C = charge / voltage
Dimension
L − 2 M − 1 T 4 I 2 {\displaystyle {\mathsf {L}}^{-2}{\mathsf {M}}^{-1}{\mathsf {T}}^{4}{\mathsf {I}}^{2}}
In SI base units
A2 s4 kg−1 m−2
SI unit
farad (F)

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Self-capacitance

Mutual capacitance

Capacitors

Stray capacitance

Capacitance of conductors with simple shapes

Energy storage

Nanoscale systems

Capacitance in electronic and semiconductor devices

Measuring capacitance

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Capacitance

Nodes68
Edges67
Triples90
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.029412
Components1

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Capacitance

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related to Stray capacitance · 11
Capacitance → Any, C/K, It, KC, KZ/K, Miller's, Since, Stray, This, When, Z/1
related to Capacitance matrix · 10
Capacitance → Helmholtz, Hermann, If, James Clerk Maxwell, Q/V, Similarly, Sir William Thomson, The, Thus, To
related to Capacitance in electronic and semiconductor devices · 9
Capacitance → As, At, Carrier, Conduction, Delta, Fourier, Im, In, Steven Laux
related to Capacitance of conductors with simple shapes · 8
Capacitance → Calculating, Christoffel, For, Laplace, Schwarz, See, There, This
related to Energy storage · 6
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related to Few-electron devices · 5
Capacitance → Delta, N-1, N-particle, Schrödinger, The
related to Measuring capacitance · 5
Capacitance → DVMs, For, It, Many DVMs, These
related to Self-capacitance · 5
Capacitance → However, In, It, Self-capacitance, The
is a · 4
Capacitance → ability of an object to store electric charge, farad, function of frequency, important consideration at high frequencies
related to Negative capacitance in semiconductor devices · 4
Capacitance → However, Negative, Non-monotonic, Usually

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CapacitanceCommon symbolsC1.00infobox
CapacitanceDerivations from other quantitiesC = charge / voltage1.00infobox
CapacitanceDimensionL − 2 M − 1 T 4 I 2 {\displaystyle {\mathsf {L}}^{-2}{\mathsf {M}}^{-1}{\mathsf {T}}^{4}{\mathsf {I}}^{2}}1.00infobox
CapacitanceIn SI base unitsA2 s4 kg−1 m−21.00infobox
CapacitanceSI unitfarad (F)1.00infobox
Capacitanceis aability of an object to store electric charge0.90text
Capacitanceis afarad0.90text
Capacitanceis aimportant consideration at high frequencies0.90text
Capacitanceis afunction of frequency0.90text
quantum dots may differ from conventional formulations of larger capacitorsinstance ofNanoscale systemsThe capacitance of nanoscale dielectric capacitors0.80text
quantum dotsinstance ofIn nanoscale devices0.80text
theinstance ofIn nanoscale devices0.80text

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