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APPENDIX
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Capacitance (C)
Capacitance (denoted by the letter C) is the ability of a body to
store an electrical charge at a given potential difference between its
plates. The SI unit of capacitance is the farad (symbol: F).
Measure TypeSeries modeCs / Parallel
modeCp
Relevant Equations
valuesC , L ,G parallel
valuesC , L , R series
valuesC , L , R parallel
valuesC , L , R series
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