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emf as the work done per unit charge

 
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Jun12-12, 08:54 AM   #1
 

emf as the work done per unit charge


For a battery the emf is the work done per unit charge to separate the charges and maintain a given potential difference.
I want to ask, does the same work for motional emf? Clearly the definition of emf as the line integral of the source force around the loop only works as a snapshot in this case, since the loop is moving. So will it still hold?
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