Farad

farad
A 1-farad supercapacitor. The scale behind is in inches (top) and centimetres (bottom).
General information
Unit system	SI
Unit of	capacitance
Symbol	F
Named after	Michael Faraday
Conversions
1 F in ...	... is equal to ...
SI base units	kg−1⋅m−2⋅s4⋅A2

The farad (symbol: F) is the unit of electrical capacitance, the ability of a body to store an electrical charge, in the International System of Units (SI), equivalent to 1 coulomb per volt (C/V).^[1] It is named after the English physicist Michael Faraday (1791–1867). In SI base units 1 F = 1 kg⁻¹⋅m⁻²⋅s⁴⋅A².