Question
Electrical potential is the potential energy of a ____.
Answer
Electrical potential is the potential energy of a unit charge in any electric field.
Different points in the space of an electric field surrounding a source charge will have different electrical potential values
Note: Electric potential is not the same as electric potential difference. Electric potential difference, also called voltage, is the difference of electric potentials of two different points.
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