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Name: Electromotive Force: Terminal Voltage
ID: m42357
Language: English (en)
Summary:
  • Compare and contrast the voltage and the electromagnetic force of an electric power source.
  • Describe what happens to the terminal voltage, current, and power delivered to a load as internal resistance of the voltage source increases (due to aging of batteries, for example).
  • Explain why it is beneficial to use more than one voltage source connected in parallel.
Subject: Science and Technology
Keywords: Electromotive force (emf), Internal resistance, Potential difference, Terminal voltage
License: Creative Commons Attribution License CC-BY 3.0
Authors: OpenStax College (info@openstaxcollege.org)
Copyright Holders: Rice University (daniel@openstaxcollege.org)
Maintainers: OpenStax College (info@openstaxcollege.org), OSC Physics Maintainer (info@openstaxcollege.org)
Latest version: 1.3 (history)
First publication date: Jan 17, 2012 2:59 pm -0600
Last revision to module: Jun 20, 2012 1:08 pm -0500

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Version: 1.3 Jun 20, 2012 1:08 pm -0500 by OSC Physics Maintainer
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Version: 1.2 Jun 1, 2012 12:12 pm -0500 by OSC Physics Maintainer
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Version: 1.1 Jan 20, 2012 5:23 pm -0600 by OSC Physics Maintainer
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