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University Physics With Modern Physics Chapter 23 Notes

This document discusses electric potential energy and electric potential. It covers: 1) The relationship between work done by a conservative force, potential energy, and the Work-Energy Theorem. 2) Expressions for calculating electric potential energy and potential due to single or multiple point charges, as well as continuous charge distributions. 3) Equipotential surfaces, which are surfaces where electric potential is constant, and the relationship between electric fields and these surfaces. 4) The potential gradient, which relates the electric field vector to the negative gradient of the electric potential.

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University Physics With Modern Physics Chapter 23 Notes

This document discusses electric potential energy and electric potential. It covers: 1) The relationship between work done by a conservative force, potential energy, and the Work-Energy Theorem. 2) Expressions for calculating electric potential energy and potential due to single or multiple point charges, as well as continuous charge distributions. 3) Equipotential surfaces, which are surfaces where electric potential is constant, and the relationship between electric fields and these surfaces. 4) The potential gradient, which relates the electric field vector to the negative gradient of the electric potential.

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23.

1 Electric Potential Energy:


-Work done by a conservative force =
deltaU = -(Ub-Ua) = Ua-Ub = Kb - Ka
-Which derives the Work-Energy Theorem:
Ka + Ua = Kb + Ub
-Work in a uniform field =
Fd = qEd
-Work done by two point charges on each other =
Integral of Fdr from a to b
kq1q2*Integral(1/r^2) dr
-Electric potential energy of two point charges =
U = kq1q2/r
-Electric potential energy w/ several pt. charges =
U = ksum(qiqj/ri)
23.2 Electric Potential:
-Electric Potential =
V = U/q0 [V or J/C]
-Work from a to b/q0 =
-deltaU/q0 = V_a - V_b
-Potential of a w/ respect to b = work done by electric force when a UNIT charge
moves from a to b.
V_ab
-Potential due to a single pt. charge =
V = kq/r
-Potential due to a collection of pt. charges =
V = k*sum(qi/ri)
-Potential due to a continuous distribution of charge =
V = k*integral(dq/r)
-Potential difference as an integral of E =
V_a - V_b = integral a to b [Ecos(phi)dl]
= integral a to b (E*dl)
-U_a - U_b = qV_ab
23.3: Calculating Electric Potential
23.4: Equipotential Surfaces
-3D surface on which the electric potential is the same at every point and U=q_0
v is the same at every point
-Electric field must be perpendicular to equipotential surface so it does not do
work on a charge moving on the surface
-When all charges are at rest, the surface of a conductor is ALWAYS an equipoten
tial surface.
23.5: Potential Gradient
-E_vector is the negative gradient of V
E = -grad_V
NOTE**all these d's are partials
=i(dV/dx + dV/dY + dV/dz)
-For a radial E-Field:
E_r = dV/dr

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