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As small general purpose capacitors values range from a few pF to less than 1 µF the convention arose that whole numbers designate values in picofarads while decimal fractions designates values in microfarads. Any capacitor with a value of 1 µF or above is large enough to be marked with its actual value. A newer way to mark values is with three numbers on the body of the capacitor
Often p, n and u are substituted for the decimal point. For example 8p2 for 8.2pF, n51 for 0.51nF or 4u7 for 4.7µF.
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