potential energy

Potential energy of an object can be defined as the energy possessed by the object by virtue of its position or conditio..

Stretched String Gains Potential Energy..

: is the work done at a point by an external agent in moving a unit positive charge from infinity to a given point against the electrostatic field. ..

Consider an object of mass 'm', raised through a height 'h' above the earth's surface. The work done against gravity gets stored in the object as it's potential energy (gravitational potential energy). Therefore, potential energy = work do..

Potential Energy of a Single Charge - In the previous chapter, we learnt about specific charge, its location, and its electric field, but here we are considering the potential energy of a charge, in an external field. Consider an external electric field 'E' p..

Potential Energy of a Spring - Consider a massless spring of natural length 'l', one end of which is fastened to a wall. The other end is attached to a block, which is slowly pulled on a smooth horizontal surface, to extend the spring. If we take the spring as a system, when it ..

The Electric Potential Energy - The electric potential energy of the alpha particle at the distance of closest approach from the nucleus was found to be equal to Potential energy x charge on a partic..

The electric potential energy of the alpha particle at the distance of closest approach from the nucleus was found to be equal to Potential energy x charge on a partic..

Let a body of mass m be at a distance r from a body of mass M. The gravitational potential energy of the mass m is defined as the work done in bringing it from infinity to that point. The work done in moving the mass m through a small distance dr in the gravitational field of M ..