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Capacitive Reactance
Opposition to current by capacitor
AC Circuits
Source Details
Id
elec-capacitive-reactance
Name
Capacitive Reactance
Discipline
electrical
Category
AC Circuits
Latex
X_C = \frac{1}{2 \pi f C} = \frac{1}{\omega C}
Description
Opposition to current by capacitor
Conditions
Sinusoidal steady-state
Variables
[
{
"symbol": "Xc",
"name": "Capacitive Reactance",
"unit": "Ω",
"siUnit": "Ω"
},
{
"symbol": "f",
"name": "Frequency",
"unit": "Hz",
"siUnit": "Hz"
},
{
"symbol": "C",
"name": "Capacitance",
"unit": "F",
"siUnit": "F"
}
]Solve For
Xc, f, C
Tags
capacitance, reactance, frequency, ac
Is Custom
false