Capacitive and Inductive Reactance vs. Frequency
(With JavaScript calculators below)

L =  XL
2 π f
C =  1
2 π f XC
With a CSS compliant browser like NS 7, Mozilla, IE 5, IE 6, or Opera 7, the above chart will plot the frequency and reactance values of the calculators.
Enter: desired frequency: Hz.,   desired reactance: ohms
(eg: driver impedance for first order crossover, sqrt(2) x driver impedance for second order crossover)
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Required inductance, L = mH,   Required capacitance, C = µf

XL = 2 π f L
Enter desired frequency: Hz,   inductance: mH
 
    ^up to view plot^
Resulting reactance, XL = ohms

XC 1
2 π f C
Enter desired frequency: Hz,   capacitance: µf
 
    ^up to view plot^
Resulting reactance, XC = ohms

Valid HTML 4.01
Last tinkered with October 8, 2005 - R. A. Booty
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