3. Electric Potential

Chapters (Serway & Jewett, Physics 9ed):

• 25.1 Electric Potential and Potential Difference
• 25.2 Potential Difference in a Uniform Electric Field
• 25.3 Electric Potential and Potential Energy Due to Point Charges
• 25.4 Obtaining the Value of the Electric Field from the Electric Potential
• 25.5 Electric Potential Due to Continuous Charge Distributions
• 25.6 Electric Potential Due to a Charged Conductor
• 25.7 The Millikan Oil-Drop Experiment
• 25.8 Applications of Electrostatics

Videos:

• Yale: Physics II, Electric Potential and Conservation of Energy

• MIT: 8.02x, Electrostatic Potential, Electric Energy, Equipotential Surfaces

• Tyler DeWitt: The Millikan Oil-Drop Experiment

• KhanAcademy: Electrostatic potential, potential energy, and work done
• KhanAcademy: Electric potential conceptual problems
• KhanAcademy: Potential due to a point charge
• KhanAcademy: Potential energy of a system of charges
• KhanAcademy: Equipotential surfaces
• KhanAcademy: Relation between field & potential
• KhanAcademy: Electrostatics of conductors

Optional Videos:

• MIT: 8.02x, E= - grad V, Conductors, Electrostatic Shielding (Faraday Cage)
• MIT: 8.02x, High-voltage Breakdown, Lightning, Sparks, St-Elmo's Fire

Exercise Videos:

• Michel van Biezen: Electrical Potential (1 of 22) Electrical Potential Energy
• Michel van Biezen: Electrical Potential (2 of 22) Electrical Potential Energy
• Michel van Biezen: Electrical Potential (3 of 22) Electrical Potential Energy
• Michel van Biezen: Electrical Potential (4 of 22) Electrical Potential Energy
• Michel van Biezen: Electrical Potential (5 of 22) Electrical Potential Energy
• Michel van Biezen: Electrical Potential (6 of 22) Electrical Potential Energy
• Michel van Biezen: Electrical Potential (7 of 22) Potential Energy Stored in a Salt Crystal
• Michel van Biezen: Electrical Potential (8 of 22) What is Potential Energy of a Charged Sphere?
• Michel van Biezen: Electrical Potential (9 of 22) Potential Difference of 2 Pts Near Infinite Line Charge
• Michel van Biezen: Electrical Potential (10 of 22) Potential Difference of 2 Pts Near Finite Line Charge
• Michel van Biezen: Electrical Potential (11 of 22) Finite vs Infinite Line Charge
• Michel van Biezen: Electrical Potential (12 of 22) Potential In-, On, & Outside a Spherical Conductor
• Michel van Biezen: Electrical Potential (13 of 22) Potential Outside a Cylindrical Conductor
• Michel van Biezen: Electrical Potential (14 of 22) Potential Outside a Cylindrical Conductor
• Michel van Biezen: Electrical Potential (15 of 22) Potential Outside 2 Concentric Cylindrical Conductors
• Michel van Biezen: Electrical Potential (16 of 22) Potential Outside 2 Concentric Cylindrical Conductors
• Michel van Biezen: Electrical Potential (17 of 22) Potential Outside 2 Concentric Cylindrical Conductors
• Michel van Biezen: Electrical Potential (18 of 22) Potential Outside 2 Concentric Cylindrical Conductors
• Michel van Biezen: Electrical Potential (19 of 22) Equipotential Surfaces Explained
• Michel van Biezen: Electrical Potential (20 of 22) Equipotential Surfaces in a Varied E-Field
• Michel van Biezen: Electrical Potential (21 of 22) E(r)=? With Varied Equipotential Surfaces
• Michel van Biezen: Electrical Potential (22 of 22) Potential=0 at the Equipotential Surface