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Custom & Pulse Power Capacitors Aerovox has a long history in the pulse power area where different capacitor technologies are needed to satisfy the stringent requirements for pulsing applications.  Aerovox offers aluminum foil, paper and polypropylene capacitor construction as well as single sided metallized polypropylene for use in pulse forming and DC filtering applications. Applications Utility UPS Magnetic Forming Lasers Pulsed Lasers DC Filters Defibrillators X-ray Particle Accelerators MARX Banks Strobe Lights Typical Specifications  Aerovox Type Type N Type S Type Z Type Q Electrodes Aluminum Foil Aluminum Foil Single Side Single Side Dielectric Paper & Polypropylene Paper & Polypropylene Polypropylene Polypropylene Impregnated Yes Yes Yes Yes Dry* No No Yes Yes Capacitance Range 0.1 µF to 1000 µF 0.2 µF to 1000 µF 45 µF to 1,600 µF 10 to 5,000 µF Voltage Levels 3 to 60 kV 7.5 to 60 kV .5 to 1.5 kV .5 to 1.5 kV Peak Current Levels 150 kA N/A .5 to 1.5 kA .5 to 3 kA Pulse Life - Nominal 250 K to 10 MM N/A 100 million 250 thousand Rep Rate 30 / minute N/A 120 per minute 2 per minute Reversal 20% N/A 20% 20% DC Life (Hours) 300 Hours 20,000 Hours N/A N/A DF% @ 120 Hz 0.30% 0.50% 0.10% 0.60% Energy Density (J/gm) 0.04 to 0.17 0.12 0.11 1.0 Energy Density (J/cc) 0.07 to 0.27 0.17 0.12 1.1 Package Round No No Yes Yes Oval No No Yes Yes Rectangular Yes Yes Yes Yes Function Pulse Forming & DC Filtering *Contact Factory CLICK TO VIEW FULL CATALOG IN PDF FORMAT (417kb) Tell a Friend about this product