Electric Potential: Visualizing Voltage with 3D animations

Published 2015-06-03
Shows how voltage can be visualized as electric potential energy. Includes topics such as why the voltage is the same everywhere inside a metal conductor.

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  • @vanderkischk
    using the 3rd dimension to explain potential energy like gravity and being able to flip it upside down to represent positive and negative charge particles. brilliant!
  • @aSeaofTroubles
    It's insane to think that they never teach this. We just start randomly talking about V = IR and other equations.
  • @sammirison7755
    As a physicist, I must say, these animations are absolutely brilliant, and done mathematically so accurately. Well done! I have never seen such animations done so well before.
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  • @BangMaster96
    I never in my life thought that voltage can be imagined like gravity, this is just amazing. Thank You for these brilliant animations and explanations.
  • @soaringred882
    I've been doing physics for 2 years and I can do so many equations involving voltage but I still don't know what voltage even is
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  • @nyx211
    6:00 I love how the switch slaps the electron aside.
  • @DANversusWTP
    So glad you're uploading regulary now. Much appreciated.
  • Absolutely brilliant - I could watch your videos all day: Concise, excellent explanations, just the right length, superb animations, clearly understandable speaker, soothing music - fantastic!
  • @cloudyclo
    Thank you! I like the speed personally. It gives me a lot of time to digest the information, connect ideas, as well as come up with questions.
  • @aomshis1
    Eugene, thank you for all these amazing animations. I love you!!
  • @enotdetcelfer
    I've always known the basics, have made circuit projects etc, but I'm a very visual learner. These visualizations are so perfect and the narration so clear it's like a light turning on in a room that i always organized in the dark. So awesome! These will be my mental picture going forward, great job!
  • @meetan-
    I never understood voltage like I did from this video. Thanks.
  • @anon8857
    much love and appreciation ! I have been trying to visualise this for a while ... your videos are just awesome !!
  • As a physics teacher i am using your wonderful animations in my class. The music behind all makes them more attractive and unique as physics is the musics of the universe. Thank you for your good work. when i find proper time i will translate subtitles.
  • i m really really impressed with Eugene's work. it has made the classrooms very interesting.
  • @maxha9082
    Thank you for the visual representation of the electrical current. This is what I needed as an EE student to further my comprehension on the subject. Very helpful!
  • Thank you so much for these videos , Mr. Eugene. I am trying hard to understand electricity theory. I learn better with pictures, and these are just great. Try to watch one or two each week, and then re-watch them.