Chapter 24
Electric Potential
![Electric Potential Energy](https://cloudfront.jove.com/files/media/science-education/science-education-thumbs/13845.jpg)
When an electric field accelerates a free positive charge q, it is given kinetic energy. The process is analogous to an object accelerated by a…
![Electric Potential Energy in a Uniform Electric Field](https://cloudfront.jove.com/files/media/science-education/science-education-thumbs/13724.jpg)
When an electric field accelerates a free positive charge, it acquires kinetic energy. This process is analogous to an object being accelerated by a…
![Electric Potential and Potential Difference](https://cloudfront.jove.com/files/media/science-education/science-education-thumbs/13726.jpg)
Suppose a positive test charge moves away from a positive static charge, then the Coulomb force does positive work, and its electric potential energy…
![Finding Electric Potential From Electric Field](https://cloudfront.jove.com/files/media/science-education/science-education-thumbs/13727.jpg)
For a system of charges, it is easy to calculate the system's potential because potential is a scalar quantity. However, in some instances where…
![Calculations of Electric Potential II](https://cloudfront.jove.com/files/media/science-education/science-education-thumbs/13729.jpg)
An electric dipole is a system of two equal but opposite charges, separated by a fixed distance. This system is used to model many real-world…
![Equipotential Surfaces and Field Lines](https://cloudfront.jove.com/files/media/science-education/science-education-thumbs/13730.jpg)
Electric potential can be pictorially represented as a three-dimensional surface. On such a surface, the electric potential is constant everywhere.…
![Determining Electric Field From Electric Potential](https://cloudfront.jove.com/files/media/science-education/science-education-thumbs/13732.jpg)
The electric field and electric potential are related to each other. If the electric field at various points in the region of interest is known, it…
![Poisson's And Laplace's Equation](https://cloudfront.jove.com/files/media/science-education/science-education-thumbs/13846.jpg)
The electric potential of the system can be calculated by relating it to the electric charge densities that give rise to the electric potential. The…
![Energy Associated With a Charge Distribution](https://cloudfront.jove.com/files/media/science-education/science-education-thumbs/14180.jpg)
The work done to bring a charge through a distance r is given by the potential difference between the initial and the final position. To assemble a…
![Electrostatic Boundary Conditions](https://cloudfront.jove.com/files/media/science-education/science-education-thumbs/14181.jpg)
Consider an external electric field propagating through a homogeneous medium. When the electric field crosses the surface boundary of the medium, it…
![Generation and Control of Electrohydrodynamic Flows in Aqueous Electrolyte Solutions](https://cloudfront.jove.com/files/thumbs/57820_t.png)
To drive electrohydrodynamic (EHD) flows in aqueous solutions, the separation of cation and anion transport pathways is essential because a directed…
![Simulation, Fabrication and Characterization of THz Metamaterial Absorbers](https://cloudfront.jove.com/files/thumbs/50114_t.png)
Metamaterials (MM), artificial materials engineered to have properties that may not be found in nature, have been widely explored since the first…