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A mica capacitor is simply one that uses the mineral mica as the dielectric or insulator between plates.

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Whether film capacitors can be replaced with ceramic or mica capacitor?

Film capacitors cannot be replaced with ceramic or mica capacitors if used for analog signal processing. However, mica capacitors can be replaced with ceramic capacitors in general.


What is the material use in the capacitor?

Capacitors are named after their dielectrics. So, an 'air capacitor' uses air as its dielectric, a 'mica capacitor' uses mica as its dielectric, and so on. There are lots of different dielectric used to separate the plates of a capacitor, each with different permittivities and dielectric strengths. As the perfect dielectric (i.e. one with both a very high permittivity and a very high dielectric strength) doesn't occur, the choice of dielectric is always a compromise between it permittivity and dielectric strength.


What is a capacitor made of?

A basic capacitor is made up of two conductors separated by an insulator, or dielectric. The dielectric can be made of paper, plastic, mica, ceramic, glass, a vacuum or nearly any other nonconductive material. Some capacitors are called electrolytics, meaning that their dielectric is made up of a thin layer of oxide formed on a aluminum or tantalum foil conductor.


Best dielectric material for corona discharge?

Mica sheet


Is mica an electrical insulator?

Mica has such poor electrical conductivity that it has often been used as an insulator. The resistivity of mica ranges from 1x10^12 to 2x10^14 Ω/cm depending on the type of mica. For reference, copper, a good conductor, has a resistivity of only 1.68×10^−8 Ω/m or 1.68x10^-10 Ω/cm. no, it is an insulator.

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When was the mica capacitor invented?

M. Bauer developed the mica capacitor in Germany in 1874.


Who invented the mica capacitor?

M. Bauer developed the mica capacitor in Germany in 1874.


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How do capacitors classified?

capacitors are classified on the basis of dielectric material used inside it. For example the electrolytic capacitor consist electrolyte as dielectric mica capacitor consist mica as dielectric between plates and ceramic capacitor consist ceramic as dielectric.


What type of capacitor has great stability and is up to three times smaller than a standard electrolytic capacitor?

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Whether film capacitors can be replaced with ceramic or mica capacitor?

Film capacitors cannot be replaced with ceramic or mica capacitors if used for analog signal processing. However, mica capacitors can be replaced with ceramic capacitors in general.


What are the different types of capacitors?

Ceramic capacitors, film capacitors, multi-layers ceramic capacitors, electrolytic capacitors, mica capacitors, super capacitors, etc. -- We're JYH HSU(JEC) Electronics Ltd (or Dongguan Zhixu Electronic Co., Ltd.), an electronic components manufacturer. You may google search "JYH HSU" to find our official website.