What is Electric potential?
Dear student,
Here, I assume you're talking about electric potential of a point. The electric potential at a point in an electric field is defined as the amount of work done in moving a unit positive charge from infinity to that point along any path when the electrostatic forces are applied. Suppose that a positive charge is placed at a point. The charge placed at that point will exert a force due to the presence of an electric field. The electric potential at any point at a distance r from the positive charge +q is given by:
Regards.
Here, I assume you're talking about electric potential of a point. The electric potential at a point in an electric field is defined as the amount of work done in moving a unit positive charge from infinity to that point along any path when the electrostatic forces are applied. Suppose that a positive charge is placed at a point. The charge placed at that point will exert a force due to the presence of an electric field. The electric potential at any point at a distance r from the positive charge +q is given by:
Regards.