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Electrochemistry Encyclopedia --- Electrolytic capacitors |
 | | The disadvantage of electrolytic capacitors is the non-ideal, lossy characteristics which arise from the semiconductive oxide properties, double-layer effects from the electrolyte-oxide charge-space region, resistive losses from the high electrolyte resistivity, frequency response rolloff due to the roughness of the surface oxide, and finite capacitor life due to breakdown and degradation of the electrolyte. |
| | The tab paths are generally run from the capacitor section to the terminals in a fashion which keeps the inductance low and prevents tabs of the opposite polarity from coming in contact with one another or the case during movement and vibration of the capacitor unit. |
| | Photoflash capacitors used in built-in consumer camera applications are generally in the range of 100 µF 360 V, and may approach several hundreds of microfarads in the separate camera-top units. |
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