2.2 Voltage

• Charges exert forces on one another

• \ Moving a charge Q1 in the presence of another charge Q2 entails doing work (expending energy) on that charge (Q1)

• Work per unit charge (1 J/C) is voltage (1 V.)

See Example 2.2 (pp. 15-16) for application

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