It's a widely known problem with roots in urban legend: Devices with motherboards failing in the early 2000s with a sudden pop, a gruesome spill, or sometimes a burst of flames. And it was allegedly ...

By Epop [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons Tantalum electrolytic capacitors were first manufactured for military purposed in the 1930s. These used wound tantalum foils and a non-solid electrolyte.

As polarized aluminum electrolytic capacitors with a non-solid electrolyte, the 299 PHL-4TSI series is well-suited for ...

[Tahmid Mahbub] was measuring an electrolytic capacitor with an LCR and noticed it measuring 19 uF despite the device being rated at 470 uF. This was because such parts are usually specified at ...