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What is the difference between Electric field and Electric Potential?

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M. Delilah

M. Delilah

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Answered Jun 28, 2020

An electric field can be defined as the force that acts between charges. An electric field can either be positive or negative. It is usually present around a charge. The electric field is usually measured in newton per coulomb; it is a vector quantity that is either in the direction of repulsion or attraction. Electric field exits if there is an electric potential difference.

An electric potential can be defined as the total amount of work done to move a charge without causing an acceleration when moving the charge; it can be simply said that electric potential is work per charge. The electric potential is usually expressed in volts or joules per coulomb.it is a scalar quantity. Mathematically electric potential is VE=/Q. Where: VE= electric potential W=work Q= Is the quantity of work per charge.

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C. Adlai

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C. Adlai, Software Developer, B.E (Bachelor of Engineering), California, USA

Answered Jun 12, 2020

The electric field is present around a charge, either negative or positive. Any charged object can also obtain that field of electric force. A charged or charge object can also have a force of whether to attract or repel a surrounding charge or object. Surrounding changes have electric fields of their own with varying magnitude, and this must also be taken into consideration.

An electric field is quantified in newtons per coulomb, which means that the field of the intensity of an electronic field is depicted as the amount of force present for o charge. The electronic potential is expressed in volts or joules per coulomb. Jules is the unit of work, and the formula demonstrates electric potential is the amount of work per unit charge

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F. Manasseh

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F. Manasseh, Software Developer, B.E (Bachelor of Engineering), Tallahassee, Florida

Answered Jun 09, 2020

Electric Field is a force; it is always around charged objects either positively or negatively charged. It is a force that exists between two charged masses just in the way gravitational forces act between two masses; the only exception is that as gravitational forces rely on the value of masses, the electric field depends on the charges among present in these masses. It is measured in Newton per coulomb: which means that the intensity of an electric field rests on the amount of force present in every coulomb of charge.

Electric Potential refers to the absolute proportion of work to be done in order to ensure the passage of charges from one point to another without causing the acceleration. It is the potential energy of just a portion of charge present in an invariant electric field. It is determined in volts or joules per coulomb. Mathematically it is described as VE = W/Q. Where VE is the electric Potential, W is Work, Q is the quantity of work per charge.

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