Farad

Farad
ID	OSWfa664d20605b5fd586192a9484cf3dbc
UUID	fa664d20-605b-5fd5-8619-2a9484cf3dbc
Label	Farad
Machine compatible name	Farad
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Description

The SI unit of electric capacitance. Very early in the study of electricity scientists discovered that a pair of conductors separated by an insulator can store a much larger charge than an isolated conductor can store. The better the insulator, the larger the charge that the conductors can hold. This property of a circuit is called capacitance, and it is measured in farads. One farad is defined as the ability to store one coulomb of charge per volt of potential difference between the two conductors. This is a natural definition, but the unit it defines is very large. In practical circuits, capacitance is often measured in microfarads, nanofarads, or sometimes even in picofarads (10⁻¹² farad, or trillionths of a farad). The unit is named for the British physicist Michael Faraday (1791-1867), who was known for his work in electricity and electrochemistry.

-- QUDT

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OWL Class
Imported fromA prefixed IRI defining this entry as a imported term. In OSW the prefix must be a registered imported ontology.<br>Definition: OWL Class	https://w3id.org/emmo#Farad
OntologiesOntologies that contain this term<br>Definition: OWL Class	Item:OSWbf347f1ffbcf5991827013ccf9a1c68a

EmmoClass
Supercategories<br>Definition: Category (Class), OWL Class, EmmoClass	CapacitanceUnit
metaclass<br>Definition: Category (Class), EmmoClass	EmmoClass

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"Farad"

label

text	"Farad"
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description

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"The SI unit of electric capacitance. Very early in the study of electricity scientists discovered that a pair of conductors separated by an insulator can store a much larger charge than an isolated conductor can store. The better the insulator, the larger the charge that the conductors can hold. This property of a circuit is called capacitance, and it is measured in farads. One farad is defined as the ability to store one coulomb of charge per volt of potential difference between the two conductors. This is a natural definition, but the unit it defines is very large. In practical circuits, capacitance is often measured in microfarads, nanofarads, or sometimes even in picofarads (10⁻¹² farad, or trillionths of a farad). The unit is named for the British physicist Michael Faraday (1791-1867), who was known for his work in electricity and electrochemistry. -- QUDT"

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"en"