Electric Potential Difference

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Electric Potential Difference: Overview

This Topic covers sub-topics such as Potential Difference, Electric Potential, One Electron Volt, Electric Potential due to a Point Charge at a Point and, Analogy of Electric Current with Water Flow

Important Questions on Electric Potential Difference

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Pressure difference for water flowing through a pipe is analogous to which one of the following quantity in electricity?

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What is One Electron Volt?

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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.

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A metallic sphere A isolated from the ground is charged to +50 μC. This sphere is brought in contact with other isolated metallics sphere B of half the radius of sphere A. The charge on the two sphere will now be in the ratio

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The electric potential due to a point charge at some point in free space is 10 V. If the entire system is now placed in a dielectric medium of dielectric constant 2. What will be the potential at the same point in volt?

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Show that the electric potential due to a point charge when surrounded by some dielectric medium is 1/εr times of the electric potential when the charge is in free space.

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A charge of 10 μC is located at the origin of X-Y coordinate system. The potential difference between points (a, 0) and a2,a2 is