Electrostatic Potential

Definition of Potential

Electrostatic Potential at a is the amount of needed to bring a positive charge from to that point without any against the electrostatic force. Its unit is .

Work done by an external force in moving a given charge from one point to another against electrostatic repulsive force gets stored as

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Work done in a Conservative force

Work done by an electrostatic field in moving a charge from one point to another depends only on the and points and is of the path.

This is the fundamental characteristic of a force.

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Question 1

When a positive charge moves in the direction of electric field, its Potential energy decreases.

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