Potential energy is stored energy. This form of energy has the potential to change the state of other objects around it, for example, the configuration or motion. Skip to main content ...

Potential energy. Kinetic energy can be stored. For example, it takes work to lift a weight and place it on a shelf or to compress a spring. What happens to the energy then?

OK, but let's get back to this relationship between the electric field and the electric potential. For this example of a constant electric field, I can solve for the magnitude of the electric ...