Physics A-Level
Potential difference and energy transfer
What Potential difference and energy transfer means in Physics A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Potential difference and energy transfer
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Reference: OCR
The eV is an energy unit, not a unit of potential difference or charge; the volt is potential difference.
Topics that use Potential difference and energy transfer
- Photons (OCR A-Level)
Related terms
- Electronvolt
- Experimental uncertainty and evaluation
- Linearising data using 1/λ
- Photoelectric effect
- Photon
- Photon energy
- Photon energy and frequency
- Photon energy and the Planck constant
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