Question

What do you mean by the electric potential of a body?

Answer 1

1. Electric potential is defined as the work done in bringing a charge from infinity to a point against the direction of an electric field.
2. Since potential is a form of work done, potential is a scalar quantity, as work done is a scalar quantity.
3. The electric potential will be stored as energy and it is called electric potential energy.
4. The potential has an SI unit of $volt\left(V\right).$