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I would like to sharpen my understanding of the distinction between/snip/
potential difference, voltage, and emf.
.. We define a source of emf as a device or element that supplies
electromagnetic potential energy to charges flowing through it. The
emf is the potential energy change per unit charge.
Two obvious examples are batteries and ac generators. Resistors
always dissipate energy and hence are not emf's....