Capacitance Unit Converter

Enter a value and select a starting unit to see all available conversion results.

Capacitance Units and Descriptions

Below are descriptions and historical context for each Capacitance unit available in this converter.

Picofarad (pF)

Picofarad, used in high-frequency circuits and small capacitor measurements.

Nanofarad (nF)

Nanofarad, commonly used in electronic circuits and timing applications.

Microfarad (μF)

Microfarad, widely used in power supplies, motors, and electronic circuits.

Millifarad (mF)

Millifarad, used in supercapacitors and energy storage applications.

Centifarad (cF)

Centifarad, one hundredth of a Farad

Farad (F)

Named after Michael Faraday. The SI unit of electrical capacitance.

Coulomb/Volt (C/V)

A derived unit of electrical capacitance; it is equivalent to the Farad (F). It represents the ability of a system to store electrical charge, defined as the ratio of the electric charge stored on an object to the electric potential difference across it.

Abfarad (EMU of Capacitance) (abF)

The EMU of capacitance refers to the unit of capacitance within the CGS (centimeter-gram-second) Electromagnetic Unit system. This unit is called the abfarad (abF).

Base Unit Conversion Factors

The table below shows the conversion factors from each unit to the base unit, which is the Farad (F).

  • 1 Farad (F) = 1000000000000 Picofarad (pF)
  • 1 Farad (F) = 1000000000 Nanofarad (nF)
  • 1 Farad (F) = 1000000 Microfarad (μF)
  • 1 Farad (F) = 1000 Millifarad (mF)
  • 1 Farad (F) = 100 Centifarad (cF)
  • 1 Farad (F) = 1 Farad (F)
  • 1 Farad (F) = 1 Coulomb/Volt (C/V)
  • 1 Farad (F) = 1.0E-9 Abfarad (EMU of Capacitance) (abF)