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The volt (symbol: V) is the SI erived unit of electric potential difference or electromotive force. It is named in honor of the Lombard physicist Alessandro Volta (1745–1827), who invented the voltaic pile, the first modern chemical battery.

Trivia about volt

  • One watt is equal to one ampere moving at one this
  • This unit of electric potential is equivalent to one Joule per coulomb
  • Electromotive force, or EMF, is energy put out per unit of charge put in; this is its basic unit of measure

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