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                                                                     Exhibit 23










                         INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT


The Board of Directors
KEMET Corporation:

We consent to incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement 
(No. 33-66092) on Form S-8 of KEMET Corporation of our report dated
September 6, 1996, relating to the statements of net assets available for
benefits of the KEMET Employees' Savings Plan at March 31, 1996 and 1995, and
the related statements of changes in net assets available for benefits for the
years then ended, as well as the related financial statement schedules, which
report appears in the March 31, 1996 annual report on Form 11-K of the KEMET
Employees Savings Plan.



                                                    /S/ KPMG Peat Marwick LLP
Greenville, South Carolina                          KPMG Peat Marwick LLP
September 20, 1996