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Grade 11General Physics

How potential is work done per unit charge in an electrostatic field?

Profile image of Shreya Rajpal
12 Years agoGrade 11
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Profile image of Arun Kumar
12 Years ago
Hello Student,

See V is just the potential.
For actual potential ENERGY of a charge located with charge Q
we need to multiply it by Q
so VQ
Work is energy
W=VQ
V=W/Q

Thanks & Regards
Arun Kumar
Btech, IIT Delhi
Askiitians Faculty