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    Electric Potential

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    Energy

    Capacity to do work

    Remember

    thisFormula.

    Somerepresentation

    mightchange

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    If gravitational potential is a

    means of rating various locations

    within a gravitational field in terms

    of the amount of potential energy

    per unit of mass, then theconcept of electric potential must

    have a similar meaning.

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    Consider this set-

    up

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    The amount of force involved in

    doing the work is dependent

    upon the amount of charge

    being moved

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    As the monkey does work on the positive charge, he

    increases the energy of that charge. The closer he brings

    it, the more electrical potential energy it has. When he

    releases the charge, work gets done on the charge which

    changes its energy from electrical potential energy to

    kinetic energy.

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    Electric Potential energy depends:

    1) Electric charge - a property of the object

    experiencing the electrical field, and

    2) Distance from source - the location

    within the electric field

    How is this the same

    with the Gravitational

    Potential?

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    Electric Potential Energy

    In order to bring two like charges near

    each other work must be done. In

    order to separate two oppositecharges, work must be done.

    Remember that whenever work gets

    done, energy changes form.

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    Electric Potential Energy

    defined as the capacity for

    doing work which arises from

    position or configuration.

    In the electrical case, a charge

    will exert a force on any othercharge and potential energy

    arises from any collection of

    charges

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    Electric Potential Energy

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    Work done

    Change Wto U to

    representElectricPotential

    Energy

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    Electric Potential

    U=Potential EnergyQ=charge

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    Questions

    1. The quantity electric potential is defined

    as the amount of _____.

    a. electric potential energy b. force acting

    upon a charge

    c. potential energy per charge

    d. force per charge

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