Voltage

Voltage is electric potential energy per unit charge,

measured in joules per coulomb ( = volts). It is often
referred to as "electric potential", which then must be
distinguished from electric potential energy by noting that
the "potential" is a "per-unit-charge" quantity. Like
mechanical potential energy, the zero of potential can be
chosen at any point, so the difference in voltage is the
quantity which is physically meaningful. The difference in
voltage measured when moving from point A to point B is
equal to the work which would have to be done, per unit
charge, against the electric field to move the charge from A
to B.
 Work and Voltage: Constant Electric Field

The case of a constant electric field, as between charged parallel plate

conductors, is a good example of the relationship between work and
voltage.

The electric field is by definition the force per unit charge, so that
multiplying the field times the plate separation gives the work per unit
charge, which is by definition the change in voltage.
 Multiple Point Charges

The electric potential (voltage) at any point in space produced by any

number of point charges can be calculated from the point charge expression
by simple addition since voltage is a scalar quantity. The potential from a
continuous charge distribution can be obtained by summing the contributions
from each point in the source charge.

The calculation of potential is inherently simpler than the vector sum required
to calculate the electric field.

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