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Ceramic capacitors are available now in three main types although other styles are available:

• leaded disc ceramic capacitors for through hole mounting which are resin coated
• multilayer surface mount chip ceramic capacitors
• Specialist microwave bare leadless disc ceramic capacitors that are designed to sit in a slot in the PCB and are soldered in place

Although it is possible to obtain other types of ceramic capacitor, these are the main types that can be found today. Of these the surface mount variety is used in the greatest quantities by far because of the manufacturing methods used these days for electronic equipment.