Answer to Question #317167 in Electric Circuits for Natz

Question

How does an electromotive force differ from a potential difference?

Answer 1

Explantion

• In general speaking it is as follows.
• Electromotive force (only applies to power supplies and cells) is what a battery or a power supply generates between its poles when not giving power out of it/ not in operation.
• Potential difference is what generated between poles of a power source or a device during any operation/current flow.