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QuestionQuestion 10

Is every e.m.f. a potential difference? Is every potential difference an e.m.f.?

Solution

Yes, every emf may be a potential difference
      Emf E of a battery is equal to potential difference V when circuit is open or when internal resistance of battery is zero

      Since V= E-Ir            in open circuit I=0   or without internal resistance r=0
                                       	In both cases            V=E
	Hence emf become potential difference.

No, every potential difference is not an emf because potential difference is taken across resistor or component in a circuit when circuit is closed and current is being supplied by battery. 
And in that case V always less than E due the effect of internal resistance.
Physics XII (FBISE)

Context

Chapter 3: Electromagnetism

Chapter 4: Electromagnetic induction

Chapter 5: Alternating Current

Chapter 6: Physics of Solids

Chapter 7: Electronics

Chapter 8: Dawn Of the Modern Physics

Chapter 9: Atomic Spectra

Chapter 10: Nuclear Physics

Utopains

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