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Re: Inductance

....., but from my point of
view "emf" (electromotive force) is about as confusing a term as has
ever been foisted upon us. After our students are finally comfortable
with the word "force" (and may even have stopped confusing it with
pressure), I do _not_ want them to get the idea that voltage is a force!

I started translating EMF as the "electro-motive factor" and using the
DOP as an abbreviation for the difference of potential. In simple d.c.
circuits EMF is used to describe sources (where energy is received
by charges) and DOP is used to describe the outside path (where energy
is dissipated). I see how "charging a battery" can create a dilemma but
that is not what we are discussing in the chapter on d.c. circuits.
Ludwik Kowalski