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Capacitance converters

8 converters. Farads, microfarads, nanofarads and picofarads, each with the formula and the math worked out with your numbers.

Capacitors

Microfarads to nanofarads µF → nF 0.1 µF = 100 nF Nanofarads to microfarads nF → µF 470 nF = 0.47 µF Nanofarads to picofarads nF → pF 10 nF = 10,000 pF Picofarads to nanofarads pF → nF 1,000 pF = 1 nF Microfarads to picofarads µF → pF 0.01 µF = 10,000 pF Picofarads to microfarads pF → µF 100,000 pF = 0.1 µF Millifarads to microfarads mF → µF 1 mF = 1,000 µF Farads to microfarads F → µF 0.001 F = 1,000 µF

Capacitance units at a glance

Unit	Symbol	In farads	Defined as
Farad	F	1	1 C/V
Millifarad	mF	0.001	1/1,000 F
Microfarad	µF	0.000001	1/1,000,000 F
Nanofarad	nF	0.000000001	1/1,000,000,000 F
Picofarad	pF	0.000000000001	1/1,000,000,000,000 F