BRAINCAKECapacitance
The capacitance C of a capacitor is defined at the charge stored per unit potential difference V
The unit of capacitance is the farad F.
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Key terms in this lesson
- capacitor
- A component that stores electric charge, consisting of two conducting plates separated by an insulator, called a dielectric.
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