Is electric potential conservative? yes.?

[seto6]

is electric potential conservative?

is it correct?

 

[gabbagabbahey]

Electrostatic fields are conservative (a conservative field is one that can be represented as the gradient of some scalar potential). Electric potential is a scalar, so I'm not sure what you mean by conservative...what is a conservative scalar?

 

[seto6]

yes it is a scalar so is it conservative

 

[gabbagabbahey]

What definition of "conservative" are you using?

 

[K^2]

What definition of "conservative" are you using?

Conservative potential is a potential that gives rise to conservative force.

Alternatively, it's one that is path independent, and is simply a function of coordinate.

 

[gabbagabbahey]

Conservative potential is a potential that gives rise to conservative force.

That definition makes no sense. Any single-valued scalar potential will give rise to a conservative field.

Alternatively, it's one that is path independent, and is simply a function of coordinate.

All scalars are path independent.