Capacitors: version 1

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# Capacitors <!--category-->

## Identity <!--identity-->
name: Capacitors
gpc_code: 10005622
gpc_level: brick
parent: category/78020600
gpc_publication: 286 GPC as of May 2026
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## About <!--about-->
Includes any products that can be described/observed as a device that stores and discharges energy in the electric field created between two conductors and delivers a stable voltage for a wide variety of functions, including power conversion, DC-linking, frequency conversion, bypass, decoupling and filtering. Includes products made from tantalum, ceramic and aluminium and that range from low voltage products to high voltage products. They may or may not be electrolytic.

### Excludes

Excludes products such as fuses and transformers.
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