What is electric potential?
Q: What is electric potential?
A: Electric potential is electric potential energy (EPE) per unit of charge.
Q: What are the units for electric potential energy and charge?
A: The unit of energy is the joule and the unit of charge is the coulomb.
Q: How does electric potential tell us about a charged object?
A: Electric potential tells what the electric potential energy of a charged object will be for every coulomb of charge it has, or how many joules of energy there will be per coulomb.
Q: What is the unit for electric potential called?
A: The unit for electric potential, joule per coulomb, it is named the volt in memory of Alessandro Volta.
Q: How much does one volt equal?
A: One volt equals one joule per coulomb.
Q: Who was Alessandro Volta?
A: Alessandro Volta was an Italian physicist who invented the first battery in 1800.
