What is the unit of capacitance?

The standard unit of measurement for capacitance is the farad, named after the English physicist Michael Faraday. Because a whole farad is a very large amount of capacitance, you will often see it expressed in microfarads or picofarads in practical electronic circuits. It is important to keep the standard electrical units straight. The ohm is the unit of resistance, the volt is the unit of electromotive force or potential difference, and the henry is the unit of inductance. Remembering the specific pairing of "capacitor to farad" and "inductor to henry" is a key memorization step for the exam.