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What do you mean by electric potential difference?


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  1. The electric potential difference per unit charge between two places in an electric field is defined as voltage.
  2. To put it another way, the potential difference is the difference in electric potential between two charged bodies.
  3. It is the work put in to move the unit amount of charge between two points.
  4. Its formula in a uniform electric field is: V=Ed here,V=potentialdifference,E=electricfieldanddisthedistancebetweenthetwopoints.
  5. Its SI unit is Volt.
  6. It is denoted by VorV.

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