Define potential difference. What is the difference between electric potential and electric potential energy? What is the Unit for potential difference?
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you would like to store 59 J of electric potential energy in the electric field of a 3.3 F capacitor. Find the required potential difference between its plates. Equation used (one=sign)
A uniform electric field with a magnitude of 1200 N/C points in the negative x direction, as shown in the figure, where L=1.0 cm.
a) What is the difference in electric potential, ΔV = VB - VA, between points A and B?
b) What is the differnece in electric potential, ΔV = VB - VC, between points C and B?
c) What is the difference in electric potential, ΔV = VC - VA, between points A and C?
Two parallel plates are 2.5 cm apart. If the electric field strength between the plates is 2.0x10^3 V/m, what is the potential difference between that plates?
A proton gained 1.50x10^-15 J of kinetic energy when it passes through a potential difference. What was the magnitude of the potential difference that accelerated the proton?