Electric Potential

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Electric Potential: Overview

This topic consists of various concepts like Electric Potential,Potential Difference between Two Points in Uniform Electric Field,Potential Difference, etc.

Important Questions on Electric Potential

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A particle of charge+q and mass m moving under the influence of a uniform electric field E i ^ and magnetic field B k ^ enters in I quadrant of a coordinate system at a point (0, a) with initial velocity v i ^ and leaves the quadrant at a point (2a, 0) with velocity - v j ^ .
Find Rate of work done by the electric field at point (0, a)

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How does the electric potential due to a dipole vary on the dipole axis as a function of r– distance of the field point from the mid–point of the dipole, at large distances?

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Two charges each of + 40 μC are placed at a distance of 0.4 m. Calculate the potential at the mid-point. Dielectric constant of the medium is 2.

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Compute VA-VBin Figure (a) and (b). The charge q is +1.0×10-6 C.

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                              (a)                                                                                                (b)

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Calculate the amount of work done in bringing a point-charge of 8 μC from point A to B if electrical potentials are 2 volt and 4 volt respectively at A and B.

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An uncharged conducting sphere is placed near to a charge +q as shown in the figure. The distance between charge +q and the sphere is d. Find the magnitude of the electric field produced by induced charge at the centre of the sphere. 

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In a certain field, the potential energy is U= ax2 -bx3, where a  and b constants. The particle is in stable equilibrium at x equal to

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If 200 J of work must be done to move electric charge of 8 C from a place where
potential is -10 V to another place where electric potential is V volt. Find the value of V.

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A point charge q is a distance r from the centre O of an uncharged spherical conducting layer, whose inner and outer radii are equal to a and b respectively. Find the potential at the point O if r<a

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What is the potential difference between the conductors A and B shown in the below figure? If the conductors are connected by a length of wire, which way will electrons flow? When will this flow of electrons stop?

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Does electric potential exist in the absence of work done?

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Dimensional formula of potential gradient

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A battery of 10 volt carries 20,000 C of charge through a resistance of 20 Ω. The work done in 10 seconds is

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Figure shows two co-axial rings of radius R1 and R2 having charges Q1 and Q2. Their centres are separated by distance h. Find potential at the midpoint of line segment joining of centres of the two rings.

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4 joule work is done to bring 2 C charge from infinity to electric field what is the potential?

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If a positive charge is placed at a certain distance from point P which has some electric potential, and then if we increase the distance of point from the positive charge, the potential would decrease. While in case of a negative charge, on increasing the distance, the potential would increase. Justify this.

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State differences between electric potential and electric flux.

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What is the potential difference between points C and D ?

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The unit of electric potential difference is:

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Two points A and B are 50 m apart from each other in a uniform electric field of 25 V m-1. Calculate the potential difference between the two given points.