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How much voltage can a capacitor store?


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Explanation:

  1. A 1 farad capacitor stores a coulomb of charge at 1 V. A coulomb is 6.25 × 1018 electrons.
  2. One amp represents a rate of electron flow of 1 coulomb of electrons per second, so a 1-farad capacitor can hold 1 amp-second of electrons at 1 volt.

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