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what is electric potential and potential difference?

what is electric potential and potential difference?

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Vasanth SR
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6 years ago
Anelectric potential(also called theelectricfieldpotentialor theelectrostatic potential) is the amount of work needed to move a unit positive charge from a reference point to a specific point inside the field without producing any acceleration. ... The electric potentialat infinity is assumed to be zero.


The difference in potential between two points that represent the work involved or the energy released in the transfer of a unit quantity of electricity from one point to the other

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