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Why doesn't potential difference across circuit increase when length of wire increases?
Since $V=Ed$, why doesn't the electric potential increase when length of the wire increases. $d$ increases right? Is it because the battery only pushes the electrons from one terminal to the other and ...
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What is the work done by battery and what does work done on battery mean?
Suppose we have a charged capacitor connected to a battery. Now we push the plates of the capacitor away from each other decreasing capacitance and hence energy stored in the capacitor decreases. Now ...
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What exactly is “electrical energy”?
If the two fundamental types of energy are kinetic and potential energy, is electrical energy simply the kinetic energy of charge carriers?
Also, is the statement “A cell converts chemical potential ...
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