Capacitor Code Table

European capacitor material codes

FKC = metal foil and polycarbonate
FKP = metal foil and polypropylene
MKC = metallized polycarbonate foil
MKI = metallized polyphenylene sulphide
MKP = metallized polypropylene
MKS = polystyrene (metallized or with foil)
MKT = metallized polyester foil

Decoding capacitor codes

Looking at our capacitor we will see its marked 474J, this should be read as follows, 47 times the value that can be found in Table 1 corresponding to the 3rd number, in this case 10000. 47 * 10000 = 470000 pF = 470 nF = 0.47 uF with the J meaning a 5% tolerance. A second letter will be a temperature coefficient if its present. Judging by a capacitors size and type, you will quickly learn to determine if the value on the capacitor is given in pF, nF or uF.

If a capacitor is f.ex. marked 2A474J, the capacitance is decoded as described above, the two first signs is the voltage rating and can be decoded from table 2 here below. 2A is 100VDC rating according to the EIA standard.

Some capacitors are only marked 0.1 or 0.01, mostly in these cases the values are given in uF.

Some small capacitance capacitors can be marked with a R between numbers, f.ex. 3R9 where R is a indicator of values below 10pF and have nothing to do with resistance. 3R9 would be 3.9pF.

Table 1

3rd number	Multiply with	Letter	Tolerance
0	1	D	0.5pF
1	10	F	1%
2	100	G	2%
3	1,000	H	3%
4	10,000	J	5%
5	100,000	K	10%
6	1,000,000	M	20%
7	Not used	M	20%
8	0.01	P	+100%/-0%
9	0.1	Z	+80%/-20%

 Table 2 – Electronic Industries Alliance (EIA) – voltage code table

0G = 4.0VDC	0L = 5.5VDC	0J = 6.3VDC
1A = 10VDC	1C = 16VDC	1E = 25VDC
1H = 50VDC	1J = 63VDC	1K = 80VDC
2A = 100VDC	2Q = 110VDC	2B = 125VDC
2C = 160VDC	2Z = 180VDC	2D = 200VDC
2P = 220VDC	2E = 250VDC	2F = 315VDC
2V = 350VDC	2G = 400VDC	2W = 450VDC
2H = 500VDC	2J = 630VDC	3A = 1000VDC

Here is a list of common capacitors and a scale between the different grades of the Farad SI unit.

Table 3

pico-farad (pF)	nano-farad (nF)	mikro-farad (mF,uF eller mfd)	Capacitor code
1	0.001	0.000001	010
1.5	0.0015	0.0000015	1R5
2.2	0.0022	0.0000022	2R2
3.3	0.0033	0.0000033	3R3
3.9	0.0039	0.0000039	3R9
4.7	0.0047	0.0000047	4R7
5.6	0.0056	0.0000056	5R6
6.8	0.0068	0.0000068	6R8
8.2	0.0082	0.0000082	8R2
10	0.01	0.00001	100
15	0.015	0.000015	150
22	0.022	0.000022	220
33	0.033	0.000033	330
47	0.047	0.000047	470
56	0.056	0.000056	560
68	0.068	0.000068	680
82	0.082	0.000082	820
pF	nF	uF	Code
100	0.1	0.0001	101
120	0.12	0.00012	121
130	0.13	0.00013	131
150	0.15	0.00015	151
180	0.18	0.00018	181
220	0.22	0.00022	221
330	0.33	0.00033	331
470	0.47	0.00047	471
560	0.56	0.00056	561
680	0.68	0.00068	681
750	0.75	0.00075	751
820	0.82	0.00082	821
1000	1 or 1n	0.001	102
1500	1.5 or 1n5	0.0015	152
2000	2 or 2n	0.002	202
2200	2.2 or 2n2	0.0022	222
3300	3.3 or 3n3	0.0033	332
4700	4.7 or 4n4	0.0047	472
5000	5 or 5n	0.005	502
5600	5.6 or 5n6	0.0056	562
6800	6.8 or 6n8	0.0068	682
10000	10 or 10n	0.01	103
15000	15 or 15n	0.015	153
22000	22 or 22n	0.022	223
33000	33 or 33n	0.033	333
47000	47 or 47n	0.047	473
68000	68 or 68n	0.068	683
pF	nF	uF	Code
100000	100 or 100n	0.1	104
150000	150 or 150n	0.15	154
200000	200 or 200n	0.20	204
220000	220 or 220n	0.22	224
330000	330 or 330n	0.33	334
470000	470 or 470n	0.47	474
680000	680	0.68	684
1000000	1000	1.0	105
1500000	1500	1.5	155
2000000	2000	2.0	205
2200000	2200	2.2	225
10000000	10000	10	106