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PotentialDifferenceandElectric Potential
PotentialDifferencesina UniformElectricField
ElectricPotentialandPotential EnergyDuetoPointCharges
ObtainingtheValueofthe ElectricFieldfromtheElectric Potential
ElectricPotentialDueto ContinuousChargeDistributions
ElectricPotentialDuetoa ChargedConductor
PotentialDifferenceandElectric Potential
Whenchargeismovedintheeld by
force,theworkdonebytheeldequaltothe
negativeoftheworkdonebyforcecausingthedispl
acement
For small displacement ds, the work by eld is
ThepotentialenergyperunitchargeU/q0 is
independentof thevalueofq0
Thisis calledtheelectricpotential
(orsimplythepotential)V
Thepotentialdifference
betweenanytwopointsA andB
Electric potential at an arbitrary point in an
electric eld equals the work required per unit
charge to bring a positive test charge from innity
to that point.
Another unit:
POTENTIAL DIFFERENCES IN A UNIFORM ELECTRIC
FIELD
And
If R A
ELECTRIC POTENTIAL AND POTENTIAL
ENERGY
DUE TO POINT CHARGES(2)
Foragroupofpointcharges,V ata point is
If V(x,y,z) , then E is
Example
Example (2)
ELECTRICPOTENTIAL DUE TO CONTINUOUS
CHARGE
DISTRIBUTIONS
The electricpotentialdV atsomepointP
duetothechargeelementdq is
The total of V is
Example