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- https://phys.libretexts.org/Courses/Joliet_Junior_College/PHYS202_-_JJC_-_Testing/07%3A_Chapter_7/7.02%3A_Electric_Potential_EnergyWhen a free positive charge q is accelerated by an electric field, it is given kinetic energy (Figure). The process is analogous to an object being accelerated by a gravitational field, as if the char...When a free positive charge q is accelerated by an electric field, it is given kinetic energy (Figure). The process is analogous to an object being accelerated by a gravitational field, as if the charge were going down an electrical hill where its electric potential energy is converted into kinetic energy, although of course the sources of the forces are very different.
- https://phys.libretexts.org/Courses/Kettering_University/Electricity_and_Magnetism_with_Applications_to_Amateur_Radio_and_Wireless_Technology/04%3A_Potential_and_Field_Relationships/4.01%3A_Electric_Potential_from_Electric_FieldThe electric potential is different from the electric field, but the two quantities are related. In this section, we learn how to calculate the electric potential change along a path between two poin...The electric potential is different from the electric field, but the two quantities are related. In this section, we learn how to calculate the electric potential change along a path between two points from the electric field in that region of space.
- https://phys.libretexts.org/Courses/Bowdoin_College/Phys1140%3A_Introductory_Physics_II%3A_Part_1/03%3A_Electric_Potentials/3.02%3A_Electric_Potential_EnergyWhen a free positive charge q is accelerated by an electric field, it is given kinetic energy (Figure). The process is analogous to an object being accelerated by a gravitational field, as if the char...When a free positive charge q is accelerated by an electric field, it is given kinetic energy (Figure). The process is analogous to an object being accelerated by a gravitational field, as if the charge were going down an electrical hill where its electric potential energy is converted into kinetic energy, although of course the sources of the forces are very different.
- https://phys.libretexts.org/Courses/Muhlenberg_College/Physics_122%3A_General_Physics_II_(Collett)/03%3A_Electric_Potential/3.02%3A_Electric_Potential_EnergyWhen a free positive charge q is accelerated by an electric field, it is given kinetic energy (Figure). The process is analogous to an object being accelerated by a gravitational field, as if the char...When a free positive charge q is accelerated by an electric field, it is given kinetic energy (Figure). The process is analogous to an object being accelerated by a gravitational field, as if the charge were going down an electrical hill where its electric potential energy is converted into kinetic energy, although of course the sources of the forces are very different.
- https://phys.libretexts.org/Courses/Kettering_University/Electricity_and_Magnetism_with_Applications_to_Amateur_Radio_and_Wireless_Technology/03%3A_The_Electric_Potential/3.04%3A_Electric_Potential_Energy_of_Point_ChargesIn this section, we begin to explore the use of energy to describe physical systems with electric charges through the definition of electric potential energy.
- https://phys.libretexts.org/Courses/Kettering_University/Electricity_and_Magnetism_with_Applications_to_Amateur_Radio_and_Wireless_Technology/03%3A_The_Electric_Potential/3.03%3A_Electric_Potential_EnergyIn this section, we begin to explore the use of energy to describe physical systems with electric charges through the definition of electric potential energy.
- https://phys.libretexts.org/Courses/Grand_Rapids_Community_College/PH246_Calculus_Physics_II_(2025)/03%3A_Electric_Potential/3.02%3A_Electric_Potential_EnergyWhen a free positive charge q is accelerated by an electric field, it is given kinetic energy (Figure). The process is analogous to an object being accelerated by a gravitational field, as if the char...When a free positive charge q is accelerated by an electric field, it is given kinetic energy (Figure). The process is analogous to an object being accelerated by a gravitational field, as if the charge were going down an electrical hill where its electric potential energy is converted into kinetic energy, although of course the sources of the forces are very different.
- https://phys.libretexts.org/Courses/Georgia_State_University/GSU-TM-Physics_II_(2212)/03%3A_Electric_Potential_and_Capacitance/3.01%3A_Electric_Potential_EnergyA convenient choice of reference that relies on our common sense is that when the two charges are infinitely far apart, there is no interaction between them. (Recall the discussion of reference potent...A convenient choice of reference that relies on our common sense is that when the two charges are infinitely far apart, there is no interaction between them. (Recall the discussion of reference potential energy in Potential Energy and Conservation of Energy.) Taking the potential energy of this state to be zero removes the term Uref from the equation (just like when we say the ground is zero potential energy in a gravitational potential energy problem), and the potential energy of Q when…
