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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