Thursday 15 December 2016

electrostatics - The potential at a point


According to my book, 'The potential at a point is said to be 1 volt when 1 joule of work is done in bringing 1 coulomb charge from infinity to that point.' But I wonder how it is possible. As the charge is being brought from infinity, the work done = force * infinity, thus, the work done would be infinity indeed. Please help me out.




No comments:

Post a Comment

Understanding Stagnation point in pitot fluid

What is stagnation point in fluid mechanics. At the open end of the pitot tube the velocity of the fluid becomes zero.But that should result...