Electrolytic Capacitors - Maker Factory ELECTRONICS EXPERIMENTS BOX Manual

1.1.6 Electrolytic capacitors

Electrolytic capacitors are used for the separation of DC voltage and for short-term storage of electrical
energy. They are mainly utilized with low frequencies.
Fig. 1.18: The component symbol is on the left and for information, the
circuit diagram symbol of the 100-nf ceramic capacitor on the right; the
experimental package contains three of them.
Fig. 1.19: The component symbol is on the left and for information, the
circuit diagram symbol of a 1-μF electrolytic capacitor on the right; the
experimental package contains two of them.
Fig. 1.20: The component symbol is on the left and for information, the
circuit diagram symbol of a 10-μF electrolytic capacitor on the right; the
experimental package contains four of them.
Fig. 1.21: The component symbol is on the left and for information, the
circuit diagram symbol of the 10-μF electrolytic capacitor on the right; the
experimental package contains one only.
Fig. 1.22: The component symbol is on the left and for information, the
circuit diagram symbol of a 100-μF electrolytic capacitor on the right; the
experimental package contains two of them.
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