There are several tolerance marking systems used.
Ceramic capacitor markings 104.
The smallest capacitors made from ceramic film or tantalum use units of picofarads pf equal to 10 12 farads.
The first is used with small ceramic capacitors and appears as a single letter.
Ceramic capacitors are generally smaller than types like electrolytic capacitors and therefore the markings need to be more concise.
Sometimes figures such as 10n will be seen and this indicates a 10nf capacitor.
The first two numbers describe the value of the capacitor and the third number is the number of zeros in the multiplier.
A ceramic capacitor is a fixed value capacitor where the ceramic material acts as the dielectric it is constructed of two or more alternating layers of ceramic and a metal layer acting as the electrodes the composition of the ceramic material defines the electrical behavior and therefore applications.
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Often the value may be given in picofarads.
One hundred nanofarads capacitance.
The 3 digit capacitor code 104 stands for 100 nf in words.
In addition to the capacitance value and possibly the working voltage or breakdown voltage the capacitor may be marked by its tolerance.
Ceramic disc capacitors have two to three digits code printed on them.
A variety of schemes may be used.