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Define electromotive force

Updated: 8/11/2023
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A force that is created by charges or charge motion.

AnswerAn electromotive force, by definition, is the open-circuit ( or 'no-load' ) potential difference created by charge separation within devices such as chemical cells, generators, etc.

For a loaded circuit, the electromotive force of a source (by Kirchhoff's Voltage Law) is numerically equal to the algebraic sum of all the voltage drops around circuit, including any internal voltage drop within that source.

Another AnswerElectromotive force is not a force. It is a traditional term used by physicists and engineers which is synonymous to a potential difference which charges travel through. Historically, it was initially believed that this force was provided by the inert characteristics of the potential. When this traditionally held standard was tested against clear and concise scientific data, gathered through careful experimentation, it is a generally accepted fact that the voltage ( or potential difference) is NOT a force.
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The resulting voltage developed from a battery. Not force but by charge which is measured in volts. Electromotive force is also known as emf.

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An induced electromotive force (emf) is an induced voltage.

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e.m.f. is measured in volts. The symbol is V

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Epsilon

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the Volt

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