980-B

The General Radio 980-B Decade Capacitor Unit was introduced in Catalog O (1956) and remained available through Catalog S (1965).

The Type 980-B is a decade capacitance unit comprising four polystyrene capacitors sealed in a brass tub. The capacitor values are selected in a "1-2-2-5" combination. In the Type 980-B these values are 0.01, 0.02, 0.02, and 0.05 μF. The eleven position switch maintains a combination of the four standard capacitors in parallel to produce the decade of capacitance values. The Type 980-B decade units are used in the Types 1419-A and 1419-B Decade Capacitors.

Specifications

• Total Capacitance: .1 μF
• Capacitance Per Step: .01 μF
• Accuracy: two or three terminal ±1%
• Dissipation Factor: less than .0002 at 1 kHz
• Maximum Voltage: 500 V
• Frequency Limit for Maximum Voltage: 100 kHz
• Dielectric: Polystyrene

Links

• Experimenter July 1956 describing Types 980 and 1419-A
• Experimenter October 1957 describing Type 980 and 1419-K

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