CAPACITORS Department of Defense 1964 PIN 39987 DEFINES ELECTROSTATIC FIELD AND DIELECTRIC. DESCRIBES AIR, PAPER, OIL, ELECTROLYTIC, AND CERAMIC TYPE CAPACITORS AS TO THEIR CONSTRUCTION AND GENERAL USAGE. THE UNIT FOR MEASURING CAPACITORS, THE "FARAD", IS STATED AND EXAMPLES OF COMPUTING CAPACITANCE ARE GIVEN. THE FACTORS OF DIELECTRIC, PLATE AREA, AND DISTANCE BETWEEN PLATES WHICH AFFECT THE VALUE OF CAPACITANCE ARE PRESENTED, AND THE NARRATOR DISCUSSES THEIR EFFECTS ON CAPACITANCE. DEFINES VOLTAGE RATING AND EXPLAINS THE FACTORS WHICH AFFECT THE VOLTAGE RATINGS OF CAPACITORS.