How battery creates potential difference??? …plz give me a detailed description of it.
Posted by Arti.
Answer:
Potential difference means “Difference in electrical potential. In an electrochemical cell, the potential difference is created by chemical reactions. In a cell there are two electrodes and they are maintained at different potentials by the chemical reactions taking place.
Please refer to the following links for more information.
- http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/chemical/electrochem.html
- http://library.kcc.hawaii.edu/external/chemistry/everyday_electro.html
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrochemical_cell
- http://www.edinformatics.com/math_science/how_does_a_battery_work.htm
- http://www.physicsclassroom.com/class/circuits/u9l1c.cfm
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromotive_force
