Contents
Key Stage 3
Meaning
Voltage is the strength of an electrostatic field.
About Voltage
- Voltage is often misused to refer to Potential Difference.
- There can be no current between two points with the same voltage. They must have a different voltage for there to be a potential difference and therefore a current.
Key Stage 4
Meaning
Electrical Potential is the strength of an electrostatic field.
About Electrical Potential
- Electrical potential is also known as voltage.
- Electrical potential is related to potential difference. When there is a difference in the electrical potential between two points then a charge will flow through a conductor.
References
AQA
- Voltage (potential difference), pages 62-67, 89, 90, GCSE Combined Science Trilogy; Physics, CGP, AQA
- Voltage (potential difference), pages 64-69, 92, 93, GCSE Physics; The Complete 9-1 Course for AQA, CGP, AQA
- Voltage (potential difference); in parallel, pages 74, 75, GCSE Physics; The Complete 9-1 Course for AQA, CGP, AQA
- Voltage (potential difference); in series, pages 70, 71, GCSE Physics; The Complete 9-1 Course for AQA, CGP, AQA
- Voltage (potential difference); induced, pages 303-306, GCSE Physics; The Complete 9-1 Course for AQA, CGP, AQA
- Voltage (potential difference); measuring, pages 331, 332, GCSE Physics; The Complete 9-1 Course for AQA, CGP, AQA
- Voltage, page 24, GCSE Physics; The Revision Guide, CGP, AQA
- Voltage, pages 120-121, GCSE Chemistry; Third Edition, Oxford University Press, AQA
- Voltage, pages 180, 181, GCSE Combined Science; The Revision Guide, CGP, AQA
- Voltage, pages 64-65, 226-229, GCSE Physics; Third Edition, Oxford University Press, AQA