Vacuum Capacitance: Value & Dependency?

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Start date Sep 28, 2008
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Capacitance Vacuum

Sep 28, 2008

Apteronotus

Does anyone know what the value of capacitance in a vacuum (C_{0}) is?
Would this be a constant or dependent on the particular capacitor?

Thanks

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Sep 28, 2008

uart

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The electrical permitivity of a vacuum is 8.85 pF/m.

The actual value of any capacitance depends on it's geometry

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