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Electric Potential

Electric Potential Energy

Conductors

Finding Fields from Potentials

Cont. Charge Distributions

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Chapter 25:  Electric Potential

Learning Goals

1. Understand the definition of Electric Potential Energy and Electric Potential. Be aware of the difference between these terms.
2. Be able to calculate potential differences for uniform fields, fields due to point charges and continuous charge distributions.
3. Know how to obtain electric fields from electric potentials, and vice-versa.
4. Know how to treat electric potentials due to charged conductors.