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Electric Potential
written by Wolfgang Christian and John Walkup
This student activity uses a Java applet to demonstrate electric potential. The applet contains two charges and lines of equipotential. Move the mouse over the window to view the electric potential at any point. The user is asked questions relating to the electric field strength, equipotentials and the polarity of the charges.  

This is part of a larger collection of applet-based learning activities.
http://www.nhn.ou.edu/walkup/demonstrations/WebAssignments/Electri...
Subjects Levels Resource Types
Electricity & Magnetism
- Electric Fields and Potential
= Electric Field
= Electrostatic Potential and Potential Energy
- High School
- Lower Undergraduate
- Instructional Material
= Activity
= Interactive Simulation
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- application/java
- text/html
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© 2004 John Walkup
Keywords:
charge distribution, electric field, electric potential, equipotential, field, flux, potentional
Record Cloner:
Metadata instance created November 22, 2008 by Alea Smith
Record Updated:
March 8, 2012 by Lyle Barbato
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when Cataloged:
October 21, 2007
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AIP Format
W. Christian and J. Walkup, (2004), WWW Document, (http://www.nhn.ou.edu/walkup/demonstrations/WebAssignments/ElectricPotential001.htm).
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W. Christian and J. Walkup, Electric Potential (2004), <http://www.nhn.ou.edu/walkup/demonstrations/WebAssignments/ElectricPotential001.htm>.
APA Format
Christian, W., & Walkup, J. (2007, October 21). Electric Potential. Retrieved May 2, 2025, from http://www.nhn.ou.edu/walkup/demonstrations/WebAssignments/ElectricPotential001.htm
Chicago Format
Christian, Wolfgang, and John Walkup. Electric Potential. October 21, 2007. http://www.nhn.ou.edu/walkup/demonstrations/WebAssignments/ElectricPotential001.htm (accessed 2 May 2025).
MLA Format
Christian, Wolfgang, and John Walkup. Electric Potential. 2004. 21 Oct. 2007. 2 May 2025 <http://www.nhn.ou.edu/walkup/demonstrations/WebAssignments/ElectricPotential001.htm>.
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@misc{ Author = "Wolfgang Christian and John Walkup", Title = {Electric Potential}, Volume = {2025}, Number = {2 May 2025}, Month = {October 21, 2007}, Year = {2004} }
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%A Wolfgang Christian %A John Walkup %T Electric Potential %D October 21, 2007 %U http://www.nhn.ou.edu/walkup/demonstrations/WebAssignments/ElectricPotential001.htm %O application/java

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%0 Electronic Source %A Christian, Wolfgang %A Walkup, John %D October 21, 2007 %T Electric Potential %V 2025 %N 2 May 2025 %8 October 21, 2007 %9 application/java %U http://www.nhn.ou.edu/walkup/demonstrations/WebAssignments/ElectricPotential001.htm


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