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Default Cap markings unfamiliar

On Mon, 12 Feb 2007 02:17:01 -0600, "Tim Williams"
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"Gibbo" wrote in message
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In EU we write 1.2 Ohms as 1R2, 1.2kOhms as 1k2, 0.1 Ohms as 0R1 or R1.
So obviously it's 0.4femtocaps.


C = coulombs. It's a charged cap -- be careful, you might accidentially
bleed out the 0.4 femtocoulombs! ;-)

Incidentially, 0.4fC is about 2500 electrons.


Hey with today's modern quantum dot detectors used in the lab
instruments, it'll have no problem. ;-]