From: rich@example.invalid

In comp.os.linux.misc c186282  wrote:
>   They ARE popular - and good. Not SURE why tantalum
>   is SO much better than, say, aluminum however.

They provide a higher capacitance per unit volume, and a significantly
lower equivalent series resistance (ESR) (~ 10x lower), than aluminum
electrolytic capacitors.

The very low ESR make them more useful for high frequency filtering
than aluminum electrolytics.

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