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Re: [Phys-L] circular definition of "success" .... was: standard DC circuits

Certainly not useful if there is any implication that the AMOUNT of charge that is separated is related to the Voltage of the battery.

FWIW - I ‘successfully’ introduced the Thevenin and Norton equivalents to a FEW advanced and interested HS students over the years.

On Dec 4, 2013, at 12:34 PM, Bruce Sherwood <Bruce_Sherwood@ncsu.edu> wrote:

I see how "A battery maintains a charge separation and a potential
difference" could be misinterpreted. The definition of an ideal battery is
indeed that it maintains a constant potential difference across itself. All
we meant in this sentence was that batteries also create a charge
separation, but maybe that's not useful here.

Bruce
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