n for nano

it's right in between uF and pF

mF -> F x 1/1000
uF -> F x 1/1000000
nF -> F x 1/1000000000
pF -> F x 1/1000000000000

-mmj

> Having learned my electronics units many years ago and now getting back to
> it, I am puzzled over the unit of capacitance, the nF. I know uF and pF
> but
> nF is new to me. Could someone please explain nF to me?
>
> Any enlightenment will be appreciated.
>
> TIA
>
> Vic
> ________________________________________________________
>
> Victor Fraenckel - The Windman
> victorf ATSIGN windreader DOTcom
> KC2GUI
>
>       Home of the WindReader Electronic Theodolite
>                                Read the WIND
>
> "Dost thou not know, my son, with how little wisdom the world is
> governed?"
> -Count Oxenstierna (ca 1620) to the young King Gustavus Adolphus
>
> "People sleep peacefully in their beds at night only because rough
> men stand ready to do violence on their behalf."
> -George Orwell
>
> "When a true genius appears in the world you may know him by this sign:
> that
> all the dunces are in confederacy against him."   -Jonathan Swift
>
>
>
> --
> http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive
> View/change your membership options at
> http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist
>

-- 
http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive
View/change your membership options at
http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist