Physics A-Level
Relationship between work done and potential energy change
What Relationship between work done and potential energy change means in Physics A-Level, as defined for OCR.
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The area under the graph between two positions equals the change in electric potential energy between those positions.
Topics that use Relationship between work done and potential energy change
- Electric potential and energy (OCR A-Level)
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- Electric potential
- Geometry determining capacitance
- Graphical representation of force against distance
- Permittivity of free space
- Potential difference
- Sign convention for like and unlike charges
- Work done
- Work done as area under a force–distance graph
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