Monday, 13 January 2014

Potential Differences

In an electrical circuit a cell pushes the electrons around the circuit.

It does this by transferring chemical energy from the (chemical) materials in the cell to electrical potential energy of/for the electrons.

When electrons pass through an electric device, say a motor; in the circuit they lose some of the electrical potential energy to the thin wires in the charger in the form of heat and electricity.

Therefore across the circuit there is an electrical energy difference.
The electrons entering the motor have a higher amount of electric potential energy than the electrons leaving the motor.

This difference in electrical potential energy across the charger is called a Potential Differences.

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