I Is internal battery "emf" a conservative force?

[STosh9]

First, the electric/Coulomb force set up by a battery across its terminal is conservative, and its potential is given by the well-known V. I also understand the conventional usage of emf is as a voltage potential.

However, a battery does more than just set up the electric field and its associated voltage - it provides electrical energy, by conversion from its chemical energy, to push charges to higher potential. Is this "push" force on charges, or internal emf, a conservative force?

 

[David Lewis]

The push force and the electromotive force are not the same thing.
The former is electrostatic force, and the latter is voltage (energy-to-charge ratio).

 

[cnh1995]

Is this "push" force on charges, or internal emf, a conservative force?

No. Electric field due to the chemical reaction in the battery is non-conservative in nature.

 

[STosh9]

No. Electric field due to the chemical reaction in the battery is non-conservative in nature.

Thanks cnh1995 for confirming my suspicion. Would you have any references handy that explains this more?