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From: eklhad@ihnet.UUCP (K. A. Dahlke)
Newsgroups: net.analog
Subject: Big Capacitors
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Date: Sun, 25-Nov-84 10:12:11 EST
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Posted: Sun Nov 25 10:12:11 1984
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I heard a rummer which I am not quite ready to believe.
Someone said a company somewhere makes a 1 farad capacitor.
It fits in the hand and costs $10.
I took electrical engineering once, 
and micro farad capacitors were substantial.
How can this be??!!
Is it just a myth?  If not, how does the damn thing work??
If it is just a rummer, what capacitance values (a few volts) are available
in industry.
How does cost increase with capacitance.
Is the trend to increase surface area, or to use better dielectrics?
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Karl Dahlke    ihnp4!ihnet!eklhad