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Electric Potential and Electric Field
Physics Textbooks Boundless Physics Electric Potential and Electric Field
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Relation Between Electric Potential and Field

Electric potential and field are related in that potential is a property of the field that describes the field's action.

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Electric Potential Energy and Potential Difference

Electric potential energy results from forces between charges; potential difference is the energy needed to move a charge from point A to B.

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Electric Field and Changing Electric Potential

Electric field is the gradient of potential, which depends inversely upon distance of a given point of interest from a charge.

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Potentials and Charged Conductors

Electric potential within a charged conductor is equal to zero, but can be calculated as a nonzero value outside of a charged conductor.

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Uniform Electric Field

An electric field that is uniform is one that reaches the unattainable consistency of being constant throughout.

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Energy Conservation

Energy is conserved in the movement of a charged particle through an electric field, as it is in every other physical situation.

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The Electron-Volt

The electron volt is a unit of energy useful in the physics of elementary charges and electricity.

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Dipole Moments

The electric dipole moment is a measure of polarity in a system.

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