MIL-HDBK-217 CAPACITOR TABLES

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This section includes the various tables for capacitor specifications: Capacitor types, temperature factor, series resistance factor, voltage stress factor, environment factor, and quality factor.

Capacitor Style

Capacitor Style	Specification	Description	λ_p	π_T Table Use Column:	π_C Table Use Column:	π_V Table Use Column:	π_SR Table Use Column:
CP	MIL-C-25	Capacitor, Paper Dielectric, DC (Hermetically Seals in Metal Cases)	0.00037	1	1	1	1
CA	MIL-C-12889	Capacitor, By-Pass, Radio-Interference Reduction, Paper Dielectric, AC and DC (Hermetically sealed in Metallic Cases)	0.00037	1	1	1	1
CZ, CZR	MIL-C-11693	Capacitor, Feed through, Radio-Interference Reduction, AC and DC (Hermetically sealed in Metallic Cases) ,Established and Nonestablished Reliability	0.00037	1	1	1	1
CQ, CQR	MIL-C-19978	Capacitor, Fixed Plastic (or Paper-Plastic) Dielectric (Hermetically sealed in metal, ceramic or glass cases), Established and Nonestablished Reliability	0.00051	1	1	1	1
CH	MIL-C-18312	Capacitor, Fixed, Metaliized (Paper, Paper Plastic or Plastic Film), Dielectric, DC (Hermetically Sealed in Metal Cases)	0.00037	1	1	1	1
CHR	MIL-C-39022	Capacitor, Fixed, Metallized Paper, Paper-Plastic Film or Plastic Film Dielectric	0.00051	1	1	1	1
CFR	MIL-C-55514	Capacitor, Fixed, Plastic (or Metalized Plastic), Dielectric, DC in Non-Metal Cases	0.00051	1	1	1	1
CRH	MIL-C-83421	Capacitor, Fixed Supermetallized Plastic Film Dielectric (DC, AC or DC and AC) Hermetically Sealed in Metal Cases, Established Reliability	0.00051	1	1	1	1
CM	MIL-C-5	Capacitors, Fixed, Mica Dielectric	0.00076	2	1	2	1
CMR	MIL-C-39001	Capacitor, Fixed, Mica Dielectric, Established Reliability	0.00076	2	1	2	1
CB	MIL-C-10950	Capacitor, Fixed, Mica Dielectric, Button Style	0.00076	2	1	2	1
CY	MIL-C-11272	Capacitor, Fixed, Glass Dielectric	0.00076	2	1	2	1
CYR	MIL-C-23269	Capacitor, Fixed, Glass Dielectric, Established Reliability	0.00076	2	1	2	1
CK	MIL-C-11015	Capacitor, Fixed, Ceramic Dielectric (General Purpose)	0.00099	2	1	3	1
CKR	MIL-C-39014	Capacitor, Fixed, Ceramic Dielectric (General Purpose), Established Reliability	0.00099	2	1	3	1
CC, CCR	MIL-C-20	Capacitor, Fixed, Ceramic Dielectric (Temperature Compensating), Established and Nonestablished Reliability	0.00099	2	1	3	1
CDR	MIL-C-55681	Capacitor, Chip, Multiple Layer, Fixed, Ceramic Dielectric, Established Reliability	0.00200	2	1	3	1
CSR	MIL-C-39003	Capacitor, Fixed, Electrolytic (Solid Electrolyte), Tantalum, Established Reliability	0.00040	1	2	4	See π_SR Table
CWR	MIL-C-55365	Capacitor, Fixed, Electrolytic (Tantalum), Chip, Established Reliability	0.00005	1	2	4	See π_SR Table
CL	MIL-C-3965	Capacitor, Fixed, Electrolytic (Nonsolid Electrolyte), Tantalum	0.00040	1	2	4	1
CLR	MIL-C-39006	Capacitor, Fixed, Electrolytic (Nonsolid Electrolyte), Tantalum, Established Reliability	0.00040	1	2	4	1
CRL	MIL-C-83500	Capacitor, Fixed, Electrolytic (Nonsolid Electrolyte), Tantalum Cathode	0.00040	1	2	4	1
CU, CUR	MIL-C-39018	Capacitor, Fixed, Electrolytic (Alumunum Oxide), Established Reliability and Nonestablished Reliability	0.00012	2	2	1	1
CE	MIL-C-62	Capacitor, Fixed, Electrolytic (DC, Aluminum, Dry Electrolyte, Polarized)	0.00012	2	2	1	1
CV	MIL-C-81	Capacitor, Variable, Ceramic Dielectric (Trimmer)	0.00790	1	1	5	1
PC	MIL-C-14409	Capacitor, Variable (Piston Type, Tubular Trimmer)	0.00600	2	1	5	1
CT	MIL-C-92	Capacitor, Variable, Air Dielectric (Trimmer)	0.00001	2	1	5	1
CG	MIL-C-23183	Capacitor, Fixed or Variable, Vacuum Dielectric	0.00600	1	1	5	1

Temperature Factor - π_T

T(°C)	Column 1	Column 2
20	0.91	0.79
30	1.10	1.25
40	1.32	1.92
50	1.57	2.87
60	1.85	4.19
70	2.15	5.98
80	2.48	8.36
90	2.85	11.48
100	3.24	15.50
110	3.66	20.59
120	4.10	26.97
130	4.58	34.86
140	5.09	44.49
150	5.62	56.14

Capacitance Factor - π_C

T(°C)	Column 1	Column 2
0.000001	0.29	0.04
0.000010	0.35	0.07
0.000100	0.44	0.12
0.001000	0.54	0.20
0.010000	0.66	0.35
0.050000	0.76	0.50
0.100000	0.81	0.59
0.500000	0.94	0.85
1.000000	1.00	1.00
3.000000	1.10	1.29
8.000000	1.21	1.61
18.000000	1.30	1.94
40.000000	1.39	2.34
200.000000	1.61	3.38
1000.000000	1.86	4.90
3000.000000	2.06	6.31
10000.000000	2.29	8.32
30000.000000	2.53	10.71
60000.000000	2.69	12.56
120000.000000	2.87	14.73

Voltage Stress Factor - π_V

Voltage Stress	Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4	Column 5
0.1	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0
0.2	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.1
0.3	1.0	1.0	1.1	1.0	1.2
0.4	1.1	1.0	1.3	1.0	1.5
0.5	1.4	1.2	1.6	1.0	2.0
0.6	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.7
0.7	3.2	5.7	2.6	14.7	3.7
0.8	5.2	18.8	3.4	134.0	5.1
0.9	8.6	58.7	4.4	986.3	6.8
1.0	13.9	166.4	5.6	5908.8	9.0

Series Resistance Factor (Tantalum CSR Style Capacitors Only) - π_SR

Environment Factor - π_E

Quality Factor - π_Q

Quality Factor	π_Q
Established Reliability, Style D	0.001
Established Reliability, Style C	0.010
Established Reliability, Style S, B	0.030
Established Reliability, Style R	0.100
Established Reliability, Style P	0.300
Established Reliability, Style M	1.000
Established Reliability, Style L	1.500
Non-established Reliability Resistors (Most Two-Letter Styles)	3.000
Commercial or Unknown Screening Level	10.000

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MIL-HDBK-217 CAPACITOR TABLES

Capacitor Style

Temperature Factor - πT

Capacitance Factor - πC

Voltage Stress Factor - πV

Series Resistance Factor (Tantalum CSR Style Capacitors Only) - πSR