farad
| Symbol: | F |
| Category: | Electric capacitance |
| SI Equivalent: | 1 F |
| Dimension: | M-1L-2T4I2 |
| System: | SI |
| Notes | |
| SI derived unit. Named after the English scientist Michael Faraday (1791-1867), farad is the capacitance represented by 1 coulomb of electric charge changing the potential between two plates by 1 volt. | |
1 F =
| Electric capacitance | ||
| Symbol | Unit Name | |
| 1×10-9 | aF | abfarad (emu of electric capacitance) |
| 1 | A-s/V | ampere second per volt |
| 1 | C/V | coulomb per volt |
| 9×108 | jar | |
| 8.98755×1011 | statF | statfarad |
