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A Polarised Capacitor’s plates are polarity sensitive and are normally electrolytic.  A Polarised Capacitor’s plates are polarity sensitive and are normally electrolytic.  The positive lead is shown on the schematic  with a "+" symbol. The negative lead is generally not shown on the schematic, but may be marked on the capacitor with a bar or "-" symbol. Polarized capacitors are the electrolytic type or tandalium type. Polarized capacitors have large leakage current if the voltage is inverted.   and tend to be bigger than normal non-polarised capacitors.The reason an electrolytic capacitor is polarized is due to the fact that the aluminum oxide layer is held in place by the electric field, and when reverse-biased, it dissolves into the electrolyte. Connecting an electrolytic capacitor backwards
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