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it is because earlier it was thought to be a force inside a battery that takes the electrons from lower potential terminal to higher one in a mysterious way and hence a force . But , now we know that emf is the external work expended per unit of charge to produce an electric potential difference across two open-circuited terminals . And the electrons do so due to the electric field inside the battery..

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