Physics

Capacitors in Series

Total capacitance in series.

Formula

Formula
1C = Σ 1Ci

Variables

SymbolDefinitionType & rangeUnitsRole
Cᵢ capacitances (F) list of real numbers input

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Result

Worked examples

Example 1
Givencapacitances = 10, 20, 30
Result5.454545455
Example 2
Givencapacitances = 4.7, 10
Result3.197278912