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From: jfw@ksr.com (John F. Woods)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Metric Prefixes
Keywords: Metric, Capacitors
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Date: 1 Apr 91 19:02:45 GMT
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yoshi@nocusuhs.nnmc.navy.mil (Dojun Yoshikami) writes:
>Now let's see if I get this right.  I was looking in the All Electronics
>catalog at the capacitors.  I was looking for some things around .1-micro
>farad.  Now everything is listed in MFD. ... Micro is usually written with a
>greek `Mu'.

"MFD" means microfarad.  Millifarad capacitors are invariably written as
thousands-of-microfarads.  US habit is to use microfarads (uF or mfd) and
picofarads (pF); Europeans also tend to use nanofarads (nF) (comfortably
nestled in between uF and pF); IC designers also worry about femtoFarads...

>In case anyone is wondering, I decided the best resolution to this quandary
>was to order stuff from Newark instead.
>DY ;-)

That's a lot extra to pay for a good typesetter...	:-)
How much do they charge for a megafarad capacitor, BTW?