Alternating current circuits may develop resistance, inductance, and capacitance. What is the unit of measure for expressing capacitance?
• Capacitance is a basic electrical property related to how much electric charge can be stored per volt of potential difference. • Each electrical property has a specific unit of measure in the International System of Units (SI): resistance, conductance, inductance, and capacitance all use different units. • Know the common pairs: resistance–ohms, inductance–henrys, conductance–mhos (or siemens), and capacitance–(?)
• Match each choice with the electrical quantity it usually represents. Which one is associated with charge storage in an electric field? • Think about basic electronics: in a simple DC or AC circuit, which component is a capacitor, and what unit is printed on capacitors? • Eliminate answers you recognize as units of resistance, conductance, or inductance. What unit is left that is tied to how much charge can be stored at a given voltage?
• Be sure you can pair resistance with its correct unit before eliminating that choice. • Recall which unit name is commonly written with the symbol H for inductors; do not choose that one for capacitance. • Identify the unit name that is printed on physical capacitors (often with prefixes like micro-, nano-, or pico-). That is the one used for capacitance.
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