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justin15501
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I get easily confused when asked questions about electric field. One question that is bothering me is...
Is it possible to have 0 electric field at a point, but at the same point have electric potential? I've read that the answer is yes, there can be a potential without a electric field, but I can't conceptually understand that. In my mind, if you have a charge sitting between 2 positive charges (0 net electric field), the charge in the middle would have no ability to go anywhere, since there isn't an electric field to move it. Therefore, the potential would be zero. Where is my thinking wrong?
Is it possible to have 0 electric field at a point, but at the same point have electric potential? I've read that the answer is yes, there can be a potential without a electric field, but I can't conceptually understand that. In my mind, if you have a charge sitting between 2 positive charges (0 net electric field), the charge in the middle would have no ability to go anywhere, since there isn't an electric field to move it. Therefore, the potential would be zero. Where is my thinking wrong?