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Could you define a magnetic potential energy as electrical or gravitational potential energy?
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∙ 11y ago
It is both as gravity makes electric power with magnets hope it helps.
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Define voltage in terms of electric potential energy and charge?
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Characteristics of gravitational potential energy?
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Why does an object sitting on top of a ledge have potential energy?
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Can energy be in negative?
It might, depending on how you define it. Especially in the case of gravitational potential energy, the "zero level" or "base level" is arbitrary; you might define the base level as ground level, for instance. In that case, any object above ground level has a positive potential energy, and any object below ground level has a negative potential energy. Ultimately, what matters is not how much potential energy an object "really has" - it is really hard to define or ascertain this - rather, what matters is how much the energy CHANGES from one position to another. The case is similar with voltages, which are related to potential energy in an electric field.
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Is it possible to have zero potential energy?
Anyone can define a zero of potential energy, from which they are going to measure any other energy elsewhere. Like height, you take your zero to be the soles of your feet, or for a mountain, the sea level, or for a battery cell, one end of it. It may or not be possible to find a place in the universe where there is no lower gravitational potential. Note, usage is generally potential energy=potential x quantity (mass, charge etc).
