Tantalum capacitorA tantalum electrolytic capacitor is an electrolytic capacitor, a passive component of electronic circuits. It consists of a pellet of porous tantalum metal as an anode, covered by an insulating oxide layer that forms the dielectric, surrounded by liquid or solid electrolyte as a cathode. Because of its very thin and relatively high permittivity dielectric layer, the tantalum capacitor distinguishes itself from other conventional and electrolytic capacitors in having high capacitance per volume (high volumetric efficiency) and lower weight.
Electrolytic capacitorAn electrolytic capacitor is a polarized capacitor whose anode or positive plate is made of a metal that forms an insulating oxide layer through anodization. This oxide layer acts as the dielectric of the capacitor. A solid, liquid, or gel electrolyte covers the surface of this oxide layer, serving as the cathode or negative plate of the capacitor. Because of their very thin dielectric oxide layer and enlarged anode surface, electrolytic capacitors have a much higher capacitance-voltage (CV) product per unit volume than ceramic capacitors or film capacitors, and so can have large capacitance values.
Polymer capacitorA polymer capacitor, or more accurately a polymer electrolytic capacitor, is an electrolytic capacitor (e-cap) with a solid conductive polymer electrolyte. There are four different types: Polymer tantalum electrolytic capacitor (Polymer Ta-e-cap) Polymer aluminium electrolytic capacitor (Polymer Al-e-cap) Hybrid polymer capacitor (Hybrid polymer Al-e-cap) Polymer niobium electrolytic capacitors Polymer Ta-e-caps are available in rectangular surface-mounted device (SMD) chip style.
Capacitor typesCapacitors are manufactured in many styles, forms, dimensions, and from a large variety of materials. They all contain at least two electrical conductors, called plates, separated by an insulating layer (dielectric). Capacitors are widely used as parts of electrical circuits in many common electrical devices. Capacitors, together with resistors and inductors, belong to the group of passive components in electronic equipment.
Service lifeA product's service life is its period of use in service. Several related terms describe more precisely a product's life, from the point of manufacture, storage, and distribution, and eventual use. Service life has been defined as "a product's total life in use from the point of sale to the point of discard" and distinguished from replacement life, "the period after which the initial purchaser returns to the shop for a replacement".
Métal réfractaireLes métaux réfractaires sont une classe de métaux qui sont extrêmement résistants à la chaleur et à l'usure. L'expression est surtout utilisée dans le contexte de la science des matériaux, la métallurgie et l'ingénierie. La définition des éléments qui appartiennent à ce groupe peut varier. Avec la définition la plus courante, ce groupe comprend 5 éléments, deux de la cinquième période, le niobium et le molybdène, et trois de la sixième période, le tantale, le tungstène et le rhénium.
Base metalA base metal is a common and inexpensive metal, as opposed to a precious metal such as gold or silver. In numismatics, coins often derived their value from the precious metal content; however, base metals have also been used in coins in the past and today. In contrast to noble metals, base metals may be distinguished by oxidizing or corroding relatively easily and reacting variably with diluted hydrochloric acid (HCl) to form hydrogen. Examples include iron, nickel, lead and zinc.
Cathode chaudedroite|vignette|200x200px| Filament de tungstène dans une lampe à décharge au mercure basse pression émettant des électrons. Pour augmenter l'émission thermoïonique, un revêtement blanc visible sur la partie centrale de la bobine est appliqué. Typiquement constitué d'un mélange d'oxydes de baryum, de strontium et de calcium, le revêtement est détruit au fur et à mesure de l'utilisation de la lampe, conduisant à sa défaillance.
Design lifeThe design life of a component or product is the period of time during which the item is expected by its designers to work within its specified parameters; in other words, the life expectancy of the item. It is not always the actual length of time between placement into service of a single item and that item's onset of wearout. Another use of the term design life deals with consumer products. Many products employ design life as one factor of their differentiation from competing products and components.
MétalEn chimie, les métaux sont des matériaux dont les atomes sont unis par des liaisons métalliques. Il s'agit de corps simples ou d'alliages le plus souvent durs, opaques, brillants, bons conducteurs de la chaleur et de l'électricité. Ils sont généralement malléables, c'est-à-dire qu'ils peuvent être martelés ou pressés pour leur faire changer de forme sans les fissurer, ni les briser. De nombreuses substances qui ne sont pas classées comme métalliques à pression atmosphérique peuvent acquérir des propriétés métalliques lorsqu'elles sont soumises à des pressions élevées.
