Who says that?Mr Genius said:Why the negative pole of a battery is said to be of higher potential?
I have never heard anyone say that.Mr Genius said:Why the negative pole of a battery is said to be of higher potential?
Electric potential is a measure of the amount of potential energy that an electric charge possesses at a particular point in space. It is a scalar quantity, meaning it has magnitude but no direction.
Electric potential energy is the potential energy that a charge possesses due to its position in an electric field. It is a function of both the charge's magnitude and its position in the field. Electric potential, on the other hand, is the potential energy per unit charge at a given point in space.
The SI unit of electric potential is the volt (V), named after Italian physicist Alessandro Volta. Other common units include joules per coulomb (J/C) and electron volts (eV).
Electric potential is calculated by dividing the electric potential energy by the amount of charge present. Mathematically, it can be represented as V = U/q, where V is electric potential, U is electric potential energy, and q is the amount of charge.
Electric potential difference is the difference in electric potential between two points in an electric field. It is a measure of the work required to move a unit charge from one point to the other. Electric potential, on the other hand, is the potential energy per unit charge at a particular point in space. In other words, electric potential difference is the change in electric potential between two points, while electric potential is the value of electric potential at a single point.