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emf and voltage

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Electromotive force is the potential difference created by a source, such as a battery or generator, when it is not connected to a load -in other words, on 'open circuit'.

Voltage drop is the potential difference across a load, such as a resistor, which causes current to flow through that load.

A voltage drop occurs, internally, in batteries and generators, when they are supplying a load. The battery or generator's terminal voltage, when supplying a load, is its e.m.f. less its internal voltage drop.

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