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This specification covers the general requirements for established reliability (ER) and nonestablished reliability (non-ER), (product level C), general purpose, ceramic dielectric, insulated, fixed capacitors for use in applications where appreciable variations in capacitance with respect to temperature, voltage, frequency, and life can be tolerated (see 6.1 ). ER capacitors covered by this specification have failure rate levels (FRL) (M, P, R, and S) ranging from 1.0 to 0.001 percent per 1,000 hours. These FRLs are established at a 90-percent confidence level and maintained at a 10-percent producer's risk and based on life tests performed at maximum rated voltage at maximum rated temperature. An acceleration factor of 8:1 has been used to relate life test data obtained at 200 percent of rated voltage at maximum rated temperature, to rated voltage at rated temperature.

Capacitors covered by this specification are classified by the style as specified (see 3.1).

The product level is identified by a single letter as follows: Beneficial comments (recommendations, additions, deletions) and any pertinent data which may be of use in improving this document should be addressed to: US Army Communications-Electronics Command, ATTN: AMSEL-LC-LEO-E-EP, Fort Monmouth, NJ 07703-5023, by using the Standardization Document Improvement Proposal (DP Form 1426) appearing at the end of this document or by letter.

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