If given the capacitance in (pF), how do you find the electric field (V/m)?

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What is the equation or conversion factor?
 
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The potential difference across a capacitor will be QC, where Q is the charge and
C the capacitance, and then the field strength between the plates will be QC/d, where
d is the distance between the plates
 
thebest140 said:
What is the equation or conversion factor?

Since capacitance and electric field are two different things then "conversion factor" is not really the right term to use. It's a bit like asking what is the conversion factor between mass in micrograms and speed.