Electric potential (also called the electric field potential, potential drop, the electrostatic potential) is defined as the amount of work/energy needed...

(electrical) potential difference, electric pressure, or electric tension is the difference in electric potential between two points. In a static electric field...

Electric potential energy is a potential energy (measured in joules) that results from conservative Coulomb forces and is associated with the configuration...

physics, potential energy is the energy held by an object because of its position relative to other objects, stresses within itself, its electric charge...

analogous to the gravitational potential. The difference between the electric potential at two points in space is called the potential difference (or voltage)...

Membrane potential (also transmembrane potential or membrane voltage) is the difference in electric potential between the interior and the exterior of...

properties may be derived. Leading examples are the gravitational potential and the electric potential, from which the motion of gravitating or electrically charged...

=\mathbf {B} } . Together with the electric potential φ, the magnetic vector potential can be used to specify the electric field E as well. Therefore, many...

an electric charge. Electric potential is the work done to move an electric charge from one point to another within an electric field, typically measured...

the chemical potential includes everything except the electric force. (See below for more on this terminology.) The chemical potential μi of species...

consisting of a charge of Q coulombs every t seconds passing through an electric potential (voltage) difference of V is: Work done per unit time = ℘ = W t =...

electrostatic potential (also known as the voltage). An electric field, E {\displaystyle E} , points from regions of high electric potential to regions of...

magnitude of the charge. However, zeta potential is not equal to the Stern potential or electric surface potential in the double layer, because these are...

surface. Electric potential at this plane is called electrokinetic potential or zeta potential (also denoted as ζ-potential). The electric potential on the...

field. It is analogous to the electric potential with mass playing the role of charge. The reference point, where the potential is zero, is by convention...

can exert a force on an electric charge at any point in space. The electric field is the gradient of the potential. An electric charge, such as a single...

region of higher potential requires external work to be done against the electric field, which is equal to the work that the electric field would do in...

electric currents in distant conductors. In metallic solids, electric charge flows by means of electrons, from lower to higher electrical potential....

object or device to store electric charge. It is measured by the charge in response to a difference in electric potential, expressed as the ratio of...

four-potential is a relativistic vector function from which the electromagnetic field can be derived. It combines both an electric scalar potential and...

concentration through simple diffusion. Ions also carry an electric charge that forms an electric potential across a membrane. If there is an unequal distribution...

further rise in the membrane potential towards zero. This then causes more channels to open, producing a greater electric current across the cell membrane...

of electric potential between the individual potentials of the two metal electrodes with respect to the electrolyte. Although the overall potential of...

supplied by the combination of current and electric potential (often referred to as voltage because electric potential is measured in volts) that is delivered...

potential is hugely greater than the effect of concentration so an undetectable change in concentration creates a great change in electric potential....

Electric charge (symbol q, sometimes Q) is the physical property of matter that causes it to experience a force when placed in an electromagnetic field...

The volt (symbol: V) is the unit of electric potential, electric potential difference (voltage), and electromotive force in the International System of...

Magnetic scalar potential, ψ, is a quantity in classical electromagnetism analogous to electric potential. It is used to specify the magnetic H-field...

electrode potential Electric potential Galvani potential Nernst equation Overpotential Potential difference (voltage) Standard electrode potential Table of...

In electronics, voltage drop is the decrease of electric potential along the path of a current flowing in a circuit. Voltage drops in the internal resistance...