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The relation between Electric Field and Electric Potential
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[QUOTE="Charles Link, post: 5510957, member: 583509"] Te electric field E and electric potential V are two separate functions. Although the potential depends on the electric field, they are not proportional and the potential depends on the integral of the electric field over a path. The forum rules don't allow simply giving the answer, but the answer is quite simple. [USER=295898]@SammyS[/USER] The pairs are not logically equivalent. The equation the OP presents that E=V/d does have precise proportionality between E and V, but this equation is very misleading because it does not apply in general. It is for the special case of an ideal capacitor and E is the uniform electric field between the plates and V is the voltage drop across the plates. The equation really does not apply here, and the capacitor equation does not give V at any location between the plates where the E field is present. Although it looks like the right equation, it is totally irrelevant to this problem. [/QUOTE]
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