The Physics Classroom: Electric Potential

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This is an interactive tutorial for high school physics on electric potential in circuits and electric potential difference. It will help students understand how electric potential energy is related to the magnitude of charge and location of the charge in the electric field. In the second section, the author explains electric potential difference in terms of the role of the electrochemical cell, which supplies the energy to do work upon the charge in moving it from negative to positive terminals. Both sections contain diagrams, analogies, and quizzes to self-test understanding of the concepts.

This page is part of The Physics Classroom tutorials for students of introductory physics.

https://www.physicsclassroom.com/Class/circuits/U9L1b.cfm

Subjects	Levels	Resource Types
Electricity & Magnetism - DC Circuits = Power and Energy - Electromotive Force and Current = Cells and Batteries	- High School	- Instructional Material = Problem/Problem Set = Tutorial

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Access Rights:: Free access
Restriction:: © 1996 Tom Henderson
Keywords:: circuit diagrams, circuits, current, electric current, electric potential, electric power, electricity tutorial, interactive tutorial, tutorial, volt
Record Cloner:: Metadata instance created June 22, 2010 by Caroline Hall
Record Updated:: June 27, 2011 by Tom Henderson
Last Update when Cataloged:: December 12, 2008
Other Collections:: The Physics Front

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