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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.
33-60092) on Form S-8 of KEMET Corporation of our report dated August 15,
1997, relating to the statements of net assets available for benefits of the
KEMET Employees' Savings Plan at March 31, 1997 and 1996, 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, 1997 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 26, 1997