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Todays capacitors have values given in Nano-Farads (NF) while the many circuits you will see on this site use Pico-Farad (pf) or Micro-Farad (mfd) to indicate the value.
The conversion is straight forward and as an aid the following table supplies the values for any given capacitor regardless of age including those only identified by a code number.
The last column for code numbers will also have a letter after the code indicating the tolerance:

EIA MarkingTolerance
A±0.05 pf
B±0.1 pf
C±0.25 pf
D±0.5 pf
E±0.5%
F±1%
G±2%
H±3%
J±5%
K±10%
L*±15%
M±20%
N*±30%
P*-0, +100%
S*-20, +50%
W*-0, +200%
X*-20, +40%
Z-20, +80%
  1. The capacitance conversion chart is very useful because different electronic component manufacturers may mark components differently, sometimes labelling as multiple of nanofarad, whereas other manufacturers may mark their equivalent capacitors as a faction of a microfarad and so forth.
  2. Standard Capacitor Values Conversion Chart pF - nF - uF Here is my complete conversion chart for all standard capacitor values. This chart allows one to convert between picofarads, nanofarads, and microfarads. With all the values listed here, you will not have any need to use a calculator.
* Indicates that the markings are not consistent by manufacturers, which suggest they may not be sanctioned by the EIA.

Capacitor Conversion Table. 1: 1000000: 1000: 105K: 0.001: 1000: 1: 102K.

1F = 1,000 mF or 103mF
1F = 1,000,000 uF or 106uF
Capacitor conversion chart pdf 1F = 1,000,000,000 nF or 109nF
1F = 1,000,000,000,000 pF or 1012pF
PrefixSymbolMagnitude
exaE1018
petaP1015
teraT1012
gigaG109
megaM106
kilok103
millim10-3
microu10-6
nanon10-9
picop10-12
femtof10-15
attos10-18
pico-farad
(pF)		nano-farad
(nF)		micro-farad
(mF,uF or mfd)		capacitance
code
10.0010.0000011
100.010.00001100
150.0150.000015150
220.0220.000022220
330.0330.000033330
470.0470.000047470
1000.10.0001101
1200.120.00012121
1300.130.00013131
1500.150.00015151
1800.180.00018181
2200.220.00022221
3300.330.00033331
4700.470.00047471
5600.560.00056561
6800.680.00068681
7500.750.00075751
8200.820.00082821
10001 or 1n0.001102
15001.5 or 1n50.0015152
200020.002202
22002.2 or 2n20.0022222
33003.3 or 3n30.0033332
47004.7 or 4n40.0047472
500050.005502
56005.6 or 5n60.0056562
68006.8 or 6n80.0068682
1000010 or 10n0.01103
1500015 or 15n0.015153
2200022 or 22n0.022223
3300033 or 33n0.033333
4700047 or 47n0.047473
5000050 or 50n0.05503
6800068 or 68n0.068683
100000100 or 100n0.1104
150000150 or 150n0.15154
200000200 or 200n0.20204
220000220 or 220n0.22224
330000330 or 330n0.33334
470000470 or 470n0.47474
6800006800.68684
100000010001.0105
150000015001.5155
200000020002.0205
220000022002.2225
330000033003.3335
Mica Capacitor Values
Charts Value Multiplier Letter Tolerance
0 1 B ± 0.1pF
1 10 C ± 0.25pF
2 100 D ± 0.5pF
3 1,000 F ± 1%
4 10,000 G ± 2%
5 100,000 H ± 3%
Parallel Capacitance Math:
CT = C1 + C2 + C3
Series Capacitance Math:
1/CT = 1/C1 + 1/C2 + 1/C3

J ± 5%
8 0.01 K ± 10%
9 0.1 M ± 20%

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Capacitor uF - nF - pF Conversion Chart When reading schematics, repairing radios and buying capacitors, you often must convert between uF, nF and pF.
Paper and electrolytic capacitors are usually expressed in terms of uF (microfarads). Short forms for micro farad includeCapacitor Conversion Chart
uF, mfd, MFD, MF and UF. Mica capacitors are usually expressed in terms of pF (micromicrofarads) (picofarads).
Short forms for micromicrofarads include pF, mmfd, MMFD, MMF, uuF and PF. A pF is one-millionth of a uF. In
between a pF and a uF is a nF which is one-one thousands of a uF. Converting back and forth between uF, nF
and pF can be confusing with all those darn decimal points to worry about. Below is a uF - nF- pF conversion chart.
Just print a copy and tape it to your workbench....it will come in handy. Have fun with your radio restorations.
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To use this table, just read across. For example, 1uF is same 1,000nF or 1,000,000pF.
uF/ MFDnFpF/ MMFDuF/ MFDnFpF/ MMFD
1uF / MFD 1000nF1000000pF(MMFD)0.001uF / MFD1nF1000pF(MMFD)
0.82uF / MFD820nF820000pF (MMFD)0.00082uF / MFD0.82nF820pF (MMFD)
0.8uF / MFD800nF800000pF (MMFD)0.0008uF / MFD0.8nF800pF (MMFD)
0.7uF / MFD700nF700000pF (MMFD)0.0007uF / MFD0.7nF700pF (MMFD)
0.68uF / MFD680nF680000pF (MMFD)0.00068uF / MFD0.68nF680pF (MMFD)
0.6uF / MFD600nF600000pF (MMFD)0.0006uF / MFD0.6nF600pF (MMFD)
0.56uF / MFD560nF560000pF (MMFD)0.00056uF / MFD0.56nF560pF (MMFD)
0.5uF / MFD500nF500000pF (MMFD)0.0005uF / MFD0.5nF500pF (MMFD)
0.47uF / MFD470nF470000pF (MMFD)0.00047uF / MFD0.47nF470pF (MMFD)
0.4uF / MFD 400nF400000pF (MMFD)0.0004uF / MFD0.4nF400pF (MMFD)
0.39uF / MFD390nF390000pF (MMFD)0.00039uF / MFD0.39nF390pF (MMFD)
0.33uF / MFD330nF330000pF (MMFD)0.00033uF / MFD0.33nF330pF (MMFD)
0.3uF / MFD 300nF300000pF (MMFD)0.0003uF / MFD0.3nF300pF (MMFD)
0.27uF / MFD270nF270000pF (MMFD)0.00027uF / MFD0.27nF270pF (MMFD)
0.25uF / MFD250nF250000pF (MMFD)0.00025uF / MFD0.25nF250pF (MMFD)
0.22uF / MFD220nF220000pF (MMFD)0.00022uF / MFD0.22nF220pF (MMFD)
0.2uF / MFD200nF200000pF (MMFD)0.0002uF / MFD0.2nF200pF (MMFD)
0.18uF / MFD180nF180000pF (MMFD)0.00018uF / MFD0.18nF180pF (MMFD)
0.15uF / MFD150nF150000pF (MMFD)0.00015uF / MFD0.15nF150pF (MMFD)
0.12uF / MFD120nF120000pF (MMFD)0.00012uF / MFD0.12nF120pF (MMFD)
0.1uF / MFD100nF100000pF (MMFD)0.0001uF / MFD0.1nF100pF (MMFD)
0.082uF / MFD82nF82000pF (MMFD)0.000082uF / MFD0.082nF82pF (MMFD)
0.08uF / MFD80nF80000pF (MMFD)0.00008uF / MFD0.08nF80pF (MMFD)
0.075uF / MFD75nF75000pF (MMFD)0.000075uF / MFD0.075nF75pF (MMFD)
0.07uF / MFD70nF70000pF (MMFD)0.00007uF / MFD0.07nF70pF (MMFD)
0.068uF / MFD68nF68000pF (MMFD)0.000068uF / MFD0.068nF68pF (MMFD)
0.06uF / MFD60nF60000pF (MMFD)0.00006uF / MFD0.06nF60pF (MMFD)
0.056uF / MFD56nF56000pF (MMFD)0.000056uF / MFD0.056nF56pF (MMFD)
0.05uF / MFD50nF50000pF (MMFD)0.00005uF / MFD0.05nF50pF (MMFD)
0.047uF / MFD47nF47000pF (MMFD)0.000047uF / MFD0.047nF47pF (MMFD)
0.04uF / MFD40nF40000pF (MMFD)0.00004uF / MFD0.04nF40pF (MMFD)
0.039uF / MFD39nF39000pF (MMFD)0.000039uF / MFD0.039nF39pF (MMFD)
0.033uF / MFD33nF33000pF (MMFD)0.000033uF / MFD0.033nF33pF (MMFD)
0.03uF / MFD30nF30000pF (MMFD)0.00003uF / MFD0.03nF30pF (MMFD)
0.027uF / MFD27nF27000pF (MMFD)0.000027uF / MFD0.027nF27pF (MMFD)
0.025uF / MFD25nF25000pF (MMFD)0.000025uF / MFD0.025nF25pF (MMFD)
0.022uF / MFD22nF22000pF (MMFD)0.000022uF / MFD0.022nF22pF (MMFD)
0.02uF / MFD20nF20000pF (MMFD)0.00002uF / MFD0.02nF20pF (MMFD)
0.018uF / MFD18nF18000pF (MMFD)0.000018uF / MFD0.018nF18pF (MMFD)
0.015uF / MFD15nF15000pF (MMFD)0.000015uF / MFD0.015nF15pF (MMFD)
0.012uF / MFD12nF12000pF (MMFD)0.000012uF / MFD0.012nF12pF (MMFD)
0.01uF / MFD10nF10000pF (MMFD)0.00001uF / MFD0.01nF10pF (MMFD)
0.009uF / MFD9nF9000pF (MMFD)0.000009uF / MFD0.009nF9pF (MMFD)
0.0082uF / MFD8.2nF8200pF (MMFD)0.0000082uF / MFD0.0082nF8.2pF (MMFD)
0.008uF / MFD8nF8000pF (MMFD)0.000008uF / MFD0.008nF8pF (MMFD)
0.007uF / MFD7nF7000pF (MMFD)0.000007uF / MFD0.007nF7pF (MMFD)
0.0068uF / MFD6.8nF6800pF (MMFD)0.0000068uF / MFD0.0068nF6.8pF (MMFD)
0.006uF / MFD6nF6000pF (MMFD)0.000006uF / MFD0.006nF6pF (MMFD)
0.0056uF / MFD5.6nF5600pF (MMFD)0.0000056uF / MFD0.0056nF5.6pF (MMFD)
0.005uF / MFD5nF5000pF (MMFD)0.000005uF / MFD0.005nF5pF (MMFD)
0.0047uF / MFD4.7nF4700pF (MMFD)0.0000047uF / MFD0.0047nF4.7pF (MMFD)
0.004uF / MFD4nF4000pF (MMFD)0.000004uF / MFD0.004nF4pF (MMFD)
0.0039uF / MFD3.9nF3900pF (MMFD)0.0000039uF / MFD0.0039nF3.9pF (MMFD)
0.0033uF / MFD3.3nF3300pF (MMFD)0.0000033uF / MFD0.0033nF3.3pF (MMFD)
0.003uF / MFD3nF3000pF (MMFD)0.000003uF / MFD0.003nF3pF (MMFD)
0.0027uF / MFD2.7nF2700pF (MMFD)0.0000027uF / MFD0.0027nF2.7pF (MMFD)
0.0025uF / MFD2.5nF2500pF (MMFD)0.0000025uF / MFD0.0025nF2.5pF (MMFD)
0.0022uF / MFD2.2nF2200pF (MMFD)0.0000022uF / MFD0.0022nF2.2pF (MMFD)
0.002uF / MFD2nF2000pF (MMFD)0.000002uF / MFD0.002nF2pF (MMFD)
0.0018uF / MFD1.8nF1800pF (MMFD)0.0000018uF / MFD0.0018nF1.8pF (MMFD)
0.0015uF / MFD1.5nF1500pF (MMFD)0.0000015uF / MFD0.0015nF1.5pF (MMFD)
0.0012uF / MFD1.2nF1200pF (MMFD)0.0000012uF / MFD0.0012nF1.2pF (MMFD)
0.001uF / MFD1nF1000pF (MMFD)……….0.000001uF / MFD0.001nF1pF (MMFD)

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