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Experimental Demonstration that Voltage is a Measure of Energy
PROCEEDINGS OF THE IEEE SOUTHEASTCON 2009, TECHNICAL PROCEEDINGS
IEEE Southeastcon 2009 (Atlanta, GA, USA, 03/05/2009–03/08/2009)
01/01/2009
Web of Science ID: WOS:000272863900001
Abstract
Physics and engineering students usually have difficulty grasping that "voltage" in electrical circuits is actually a measure of energy. This paper describes an advanced experiment that was designed at the University of West Florida for directly demonstrating that the voltage between two given points in an electrostatic field is a measure of the energy required to move a unit charge between those points. In the experiment, a computerized vehicle transports a charged metal plate between two electrodes connected to a voltage source, while directly measuring the energy exerted in moving the plate.
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- Title
- Experimental Demonstration that Voltage is a Measure of Energy
- Publication Details
- PROCEEDINGS OF THE IEEE SOUTHEASTCON 2009, TECHNICAL PROCEEDINGS
- Resource Type
- Conference proceeding
- Conference
- IEEE Southeastcon 2009 (Atlanta, GA, USA, 03/05/2009–03/08/2009)
- Publisher
- IEEE
- Number of pages
- 6
- Copyright
- © 2009, IEEE
- Identifiers
- WOS:000272863900001; 99380175951506600
- Academic Unit
- Dr. Muhammad Harunur Rashid Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering; Hal Marcus College of Science and Engineering
- Language
- English