COLOR CODE MARKING FOR MILITARY STANDARD CAPACITORS
TM 11-6130-243-35-1
GROUP
Capacitors, Fixed, Various-Dielectrics, Styles CM,
COLOR CODE TABLES
CM
IDE
ID EN
DOT)
IDENTIFIER (BLACK DOT)
h
SIGNIFICANT FIGURE
I For use with Group 1, Styles CM,
and
FIGURE
SIGNIFICANT FIGURE
SIGNIFICANT FIGURE
SIGNIFICANT FIGURE
20 SIGNIFICANT FIGURE
20 SIGNIFICANT FIGURE
MULTIPLIER
DC WORKING OPERATING TEMP. VIBRATION
METHOD A
St
CAPACITANCE
TOLERANCE
CAPACITANCE TOLERANCE
VOLTAGE
RANGE
GRADE
-
SIG
SIG
MULTIPLIER'
MULTIPLIER
CHARACTERISTIC
CAPACITANCE TOLERANCE
FIG
FIG
cAPACITANCE
TOLERANCE
CM
CM
CM
CM
I
1
CHARACTERISTIC
L
CM,
FRONT
A
20%
0
1
o
55"
C
10-55
CHARACTERISTIC
I
E
1
B
B
BROWN
100
2
2
c
c
'55" to
VIBRATION
1,000
30% I
I
I
I
I
I
ORANGE
300
4
4
10,000
E
'55"
10-2,000
REAR
5
5
F
500
5
GREEN
GLASS-DIELECTRIC, GLASS CASE
PAPER-DIELECTRIC
MICA-DIELECTRIC
MICA, BUTTON TYPE
6
6
--
PuRPLE
7
7
GROUP II Capacitors, Fixed Ceramic-Dielectric (General Purpose) Style
(vIOLET]
TEMPERATURE RANGE AND
1
1
1
TEMPERATURE RANGE AND
TEMPERATuRE RANGE AND
VOLTAGE-TEMPERATURE
W HITE
?
?
TEMPERATURE RANGE
-- VOLTAGE-TEMPERATURE LIMIT
VOLTAGE-TEMPERATURE LIMIT
SIGNIFICANT FIGURE
VOLTAGE-TEMPERATURE LIMIT
SIG
FIGURE
SIGNIFICANT FIGURE
SIGNIFICANT FIGuRE
SIGNIFICANT FIGURE
I
SIGNIFICANT FIGURE
MuLTIPLIER
10%
I
I
20 SIGNIFICANT FIGURE
MULTIPLIER
CAPACITANCE TOLERANCE
r
MULTIPLIER
r
CAPACITANCE
TOLERANCE
CAPACITANCE TOLERANCE
TABLE
II For use with Group
General Purpose, Style
Ill For use with Group Ill, Temperature Compensating, Style CC
( YELLOW
TEMP. RANGE AND
I St
-
FRONT
VOLTAGE - TEMP.
SIG
SIG
MULTIPLIER'
CAPACITANCE
FRONT
( YELLOW DOT)
TOLERANCE
IDENTIFIER
LIMITS]
FIG
FIG
1
IDENTIFIER
,
(
1
I
10
BROWN
BROWN
30
1
10
I
'80
2
REAR
REAR
ORANGE
I 50
I ,000
3
3
1
1
4
4
220
t
I
1
I
1
STAND-OFF
I
FEED-THROUGH
DISK-TYPE
RADIAL LEAD
AXIAL LEAD
GREEN
--330
5
5
5
BLUE
I
GROUP Ill Capacitors, Fixed,
(Temperature Compensating) Style CC
PURPLE
TEMPERATuRE COEFFICIENT
I
I
I
B
0.01
I
I
TEMPERATURE COEFFICIENT
8
r
SIGNIFICANT FIGURE
TEMPERATURE COEFFICIENT
SIGNIFICANT FIGURE
I
I
I
I
I
WHITE
WHITE
9
9
SIGNIFICANT FIGURE
20 SIGNIFICANT FIGURE
+100
GOLD
t
I
MULTIPLIER
i
1
CAPACITANCE TOLERANCE
CAPACITANCE TOLERANCE
I
I
1. The multiplier is the number by which the two significant (SIG) figures are multiplied to obtain the capacitance in
o
2. Letters indicate the Characteristics designated in applicable specifications: MI
, Ml L-C-l 1272, and Ml L-C-l 0950 respectively.
-
FRONT
(B L A C K
3.
Letters
indicate
the
temperature
range
and
limits designated in Ml L-C-l 1015.
IDENTIFIER
( BLACK DOT)
( BLACK DOT)
4.
Temperature
coefficient
in
parts
per
per degree centigrade.
REAR
FRONT
REAR
DISK-TYPE
AXIAL LEAD
RADIAL LEAD
ST
4-5