It's a widely known problem with roots in urban legend: Devices with motherboards failing in the early 2000s with a sudden ...

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.

These aluminum electrolytic capacitors are common residents on circuit boards. We may have cut one open to satisfy our curiosity of what’s inside, but that doesn’t necessarily mean we ...

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