Aluminum electrolytic capacitor sorting

Why do aluminum electrolytic capacitors have colossal capacitance?

Aluminum electrolytic capacitor construction delivers colossal capacitance because etching the foils can increase surface area more than 100 times and the aluminum-oxide dielectric is less than a micrometer thick. Thus the resulting capacitor has very large plate area and the plates are intensely close together.

What is the dielectric layer of an aluminum electrolytic capacitor?

The dielectric layer of an aluminum electrolytic capacitor is created by anodic oxidation (forming) to build up an aluminum oxide layer on the foil. The layer thickness increases in proportion to the form-ing voltage at a rate of approximately 1.2 nm/V.

What is the anode of an aluminum electrolytic capacitor?

The anode of an aluminum electrolytic capacitor is an aluminum foil of extreme purity. The effec-tive surface area of this foil is greatly enlarged (by a factor of up to 200) by electrochemical etch-ing in order to achieve the maximum possible capacitance values.

Why do aluminum electrolytic capacitors increase Tan?

For aluminum electrolytic capacitors, since they were completed in manu-facturing, the electrolyte impregnated has gradually evaporated and diffused out of the capacitors through the rubber seal materials with time, which leads to decrease in the capacitance and/or increase tanδ.

What are polar non-solid aluminum electrolytic capacitors?

This guide covers the application of polar, non-solid aluminum electrolytic capacitors, which are those aluminum electrolytic capacitors featuring a wet, aqueous electrolyte with separator membranes such as cellulosic papers between two aluminum foils.

What is a cathode in an Alumi-NUM electrolytic capacitor?

In contrast to other capacitors, the counter electrode (the cathode) of alumi-num electrolytic capacitors is a conductive liquid, the operating electrolyte. A second aluminum foil, the so-called cathode foil, serves as a large-surfaced contact area for passing current to the oper-ating electrolyte.