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Electric potential

Index Electric potential

Electric potential (also called the electric field potential, potential drop, the electrostatic potential) is defined as the amount of work/energy needed per unit of electric charge to move the charge from a reference point to a specific point in an electric field. [1]

Table of Contents

  1. 66 relations: Absolute electrode potential, Acceleration, Alessandro Volta, Centimetre–gram–second system of units, Charge density, Charged particle, Classical mechanics, Conservative force, Conservative vector field, Continuous function, Coulomb, Curl (mathematics), Divergence, Electric charge, Electric dipole moment, Electric field, Electric potential energy, Electrochemical potential, Electrode potential, Electromagnetism, Electrostatics, Energy, Faraday's law of induction, Fermi level, Field line, Force, Four-vector, Galvani potential, Gauge fixing, Gauge theory, Gauss's law, Gauss's law for magnetism, Gaussian units, Gradient theorem, Gravitational energy, Gravity, Ground (electricity), Helmholtz decomposition, Infinity, International System of Units, Joule, Kinetic energy, Line integral, Lorentz transformation, Lorenz gauge condition, Magnetic field, Magnetic monopole, Magnetic vector potential, Mass, Maxwell's equations, ... Expand index (16 more) »

  2. Electromagnetic quantities
  3. Potentials
  4. Voltage

Absolute electrode potential

Absolute electrode potential, in electrochemistry, according to an IUPAC definition, is the electrode potential of a metal measured with respect to a universal reference system (without any additional metal–solution interface).

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Acceleration

In mechanics, acceleration is the rate of change of the velocity of an object with respect to time.

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Alessandro Volta

Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta (18 February 1745 – 5 March 1827) was an Italian physicist and chemist who was a pioneer of electricity and power and is credited as the inventor of the electric battery and the discoverer of methane.

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Centimetre–gram–second system of units

The centimetre–gram–second system of units (CGS or cgs) is a variant of the metric system based on the centimetre as the unit of length, the gram as the unit of mass, and the second as the unit of time.

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Charge density

In electromagnetism, charge density is the amount of electric charge per unit length, surface area, or volume. Electric potential and charge density are electromagnetic quantities.

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Charged particle

In physics, a charged particle is a particle with an electric charge.

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Classical mechanics

Classical mechanics is a physical theory describing the motion of objects such as projectiles, parts of machinery, spacecraft, planets, stars, and galaxies.

See Electric potential and Classical mechanics

Conservative force

In physics, a conservative force is a force with the property that the total work done by the force in moving a particle between two points is independent of the path taken.

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Conservative vector field

In vector calculus, a conservative vector field is a vector field that is the gradient of some function.

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Continuous function

In mathematics, a continuous function is a function such that a small variation of the argument induces a small variation of the value of the function.

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Coulomb

The coulomb (symbol: C) is the unit of electric charge in the International System of Units (SI).

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Curl (mathematics)

In vector calculus, the curl, also known as rotor, is a vector operator that describes the infinitesimal circulation of a vector field in three-dimensional Euclidean space.

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Divergence

In vector calculus, divergence is a vector operator that operates on a vector field, producing a scalar field giving the quantity of the vector field's source at each point.

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Electric charge

Electric charge (symbol q, sometimes Q) is the physical property of matter that causes it to experience a force when placed in an electromagnetic field. Electric potential and Electric charge are electromagnetic quantities and electrostatics.

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Electric dipole moment

The electric dipole moment is a measure of the separation of positive and negative electrical charges within a system: that is, a measure of the system's overall polarity. Electric potential and electric dipole moment are electromagnetic quantities.

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Electric field

An electric field (sometimes called E-field) is the physical field that surrounds electrically charged particles. Electric potential and electric field are electromagnetic quantities and electrostatics.

See Electric potential and Electric field

Electric potential energy

Electric potential energy is a potential energy (measured in joules) that results from conservative Coulomb forces and is associated with the configuration of a particular set of point charges within a defined system. Electric potential and Electric potential energy are electromagnetic quantities, electrostatics and voltage.

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Electrochemical potential

In electrochemistry, the electrochemical potential (ECP),, is a thermodynamic measure of chemical potential that does not omit the energy contribution of electrostatics.

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Electrode potential

In electrochemistry, electrode potential is the voltage of a galvanic cell built from a standard reference electrode and another electrode to be characterized.

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Electromagnetism

In physics, electromagnetism is an interaction that occurs between particles with electric charge via electromagnetic fields.

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Electrostatics

Electrostatics is a branch of physics that studies slow-moving or stationary electric charges.

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Energy

Energy is the quantitative property that is transferred to a body or to a physical system, recognizable in the performance of work and in the form of heat and light.

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Faraday's law of induction

Faraday's law of induction (or simply Faraday's law) is a law of electromagnetism predicting how a magnetic field will interact with an electric circuit to produce an electromotive force (emf).

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Fermi level

The Fermi level of a solid-state body is the thermodynamic work required to add one electron to the body.

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Field line

A field line is a graphical visual aid for visualizing vector fields.

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Force

A force is an influence that can cause an object to change its velocity, i.e., to accelerate, meaning a change in speed or direction, unless counterbalanced by other forces.

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Four-vector

In special relativity, a four-vector (or 4-vector, sometimes Lorentz vector) is an object with four components, which transform in a specific way under Lorentz transformations.

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Galvani potential

In electrochemistry, the Galvani potential (also called Galvani potential difference, or inner potential difference, Δφ, delta phi) is the electric potential difference between two points in the bulk of two phases.

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Gauge fixing

In the physics of gauge theories, gauge fixing (also called choosing a gauge) denotes a mathematical procedure for coping with redundant degrees of freedom in field variables.

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Gauge theory

In physics, a gauge theory is a type of field theory in which the Lagrangian, and hence the dynamics of the system itself, do not change under local transformations according to certain smooth families of operations (Lie groups).

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Gauss's law

In physics (specifically electromagnetism), Gauss's law, also known as Gauss's flux theorem (or sometimes Gauss's theorem), is one of Maxwell's equations. Electric potential and Gauss's law are electrostatics.

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Gauss's law for magnetism

In physics, Gauss's law for magnetism is one of the four Maxwell's equations that underlie classical electrodynamics.

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Gaussian units

Gaussian units constitute a metric system of physical units.

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Gradient theorem

The gradient theorem, also known as the fundamental theorem of calculus for line integrals, says that a line integral through a gradient field can be evaluated by evaluating the original scalar field at the endpoints of the curve.

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Gravitational energy

Gravitational energy or gravitational potential energy is the potential energy a massive object has due to its position in a gravitational field. Electric potential and gravitational energy are potentials.

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Gravity

In physics, gravity is a fundamental interaction which causes mutual attraction between all things that have mass.

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Ground (electricity)

In electrical engineering, ground or earth may be a reference point in an electrical circuit from which voltages are measured, a common return path for electric current, or a direct physical connection to the Earth.

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Helmholtz decomposition

In physics and mathematics, the Helmholtz decomposition theorem or the fundamental theorem of vector calculus states that any sufficiently smooth, rapidly decaying vector field in three dimensions can be resolved into the sum of an irrotational (curl-free) vector field and a solenoidal (divergence-free) vector field.

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Infinity

Infinity is something which is boundless, endless, or larger than any natural number.

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International System of Units

The International System of Units, internationally known by the abbreviation SI (from French Système international d'unités), is the modern form of the metric system and the world's most widely used system of measurement.

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Joule

The joule (pronounced, or; symbol: J) is the unit of energy in the International System of Units (SI).

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Kinetic energy

In physics, the kinetic energy of an object is the form of energy that it possesses due to its motion.

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Line integral

In mathematics, a line integral is an integral where the function to be integrated is evaluated along a curve.

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Lorentz transformation

In physics, the Lorentz transformations are a six-parameter family of linear transformations from a coordinate frame in spacetime to another frame that moves at a constant velocity relative to the former.

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Lorenz gauge condition

In electromagnetism, the Lorenz gauge condition or Lorenz gauge (after Ludvig Lorenz) is a partial gauge fixing of the electromagnetic vector potential by requiring \partial_\mu A^\mu.

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Magnetic field

A magnetic field (sometimes called B-field) is a physical field that describes the magnetic influence on moving electric charges, electric currents, and magnetic materials. Electric potential and magnetic field are electromagnetic quantities.

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Magnetic monopole

In particle physics, a magnetic monopole is a hypothetical elementary particle that is an isolated magnet with only one magnetic pole (a north pole without a south pole or vice versa).

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Magnetic vector potential

In classical electromagnetism, magnetic vector potential (often called A) is the vector quantity defined so that its curl is equal to the magnetic field: \nabla \times \mathbf. Electric potential and magnetic vector potential are potentials.

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Mass

Mass is an intrinsic property of a body.

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Maxwell's equations

Maxwell's equations, or Maxwell–Heaviside equations, are a set of coupled partial differential equations that, together with the Lorentz force law, form the foundation of classical electromagnetism, classical optics, electric and magnetic circuits.

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Point particle

A point particle, ideal particle or point-like particle (often spelled pointlike particle) is an idealization of particles heavily used in physics.

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Poisson's equation

Poisson's equation is an elliptic partial differential equation of broad utility in theoretical physics. Electric potential and Poisson's equation are electrostatics.

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Potential

Potential generally refers to a currently unrealized ability. Electric potential and Potential are potentials.

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Potential energy

In physics, potential energy is the energy held by an object because of its position relative to other objects, stresses within itself, its electric charge, or other factors. Electric potential and potential energy are potentials.

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Retarded potential

In electrodynamics, the retarded potentials are the electromagnetic potentials for the electromagnetic field generated by time-varying electric current or charge distributions in the past. Electric potential and retarded potential are potentials.

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Scalar (physics)

Scalars (or scalar quantities) are physical quantities that are unaffected by changes to a vector space basis (i.e., a coordinate system transformation).

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Scalar potential

In mathematical physics, scalar potential describes the situation where the difference in the potential energies of an object in two different positions depends only on the positions, not upon the path taken by the object in traveling from one position to the other. Electric potential and scalar potential are potentials.

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SI derived unit

SI derived units are units of measurement derived from the seven SI base units specified by the International System of Units (SI).

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Statvolt

The statvolt is a unit of voltage and electrical potential used in the CGS-ESU and gaussian systems of units.

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Surface charge

A surface charge is an electric charge present on a two-dimensional surface.

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Test particle

In physical theories, a test particle, or test charge, is an idealized model of an object whose physical properties (usually mass, charge, or size) are assumed to be negligible except for the property being studied, which is considered to be insufficient to alter the behaviour of the rest of the system.

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Vacuum permittivity

Vacuum permittivity, commonly denoted (pronounced "epsilon nought" or "epsilon zero"), is the value of the absolute dielectric permittivity of classical vacuum.

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Volt

The volt (symbol: V) is the unit of electric potential, electric potential difference (voltage), and electromotive force in the International System of Units (SI).

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Voltage

Voltage, also known as (electrical) potential difference, electric pressure, or electric tension is the difference in electric potential between two points. Electric potential and Voltage are electromagnetic quantities and potentials.

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Voltmeter

A voltmeter is an instrument used for measuring electric potential difference between two points in an electric circuit.

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Work (physics)

In science, work is the energy transferred to or from an object via the application of force along a displacement.

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See also

Electromagnetic quantities

Potentials

Voltage

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_potential

Also known as Coulomb Potential, Electric Scalar Potential, Electric field potential, Electrical Potential, Electrical potential difference, Electrical scalar potential, Electrostatic potential, Potential electric, Scalar potential difference, Vector potential difference.

, Point particle, Poisson's equation, Potential, Potential energy, Retarded potential, Scalar (physics), Scalar potential, SI derived unit, Statvolt, Surface charge, Test particle, Vacuum permittivity, Volt, Voltage, Voltmeter, Work (physics).