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Applying Kirchhoff’s Loop Rule to this circuit, we let E denote the electromotive force supplied by the voltage generator.

From Textbooks Mar. 30, 2016

Kirchhoff’s Loop Rule states that the sum of the voltage drops across resistors, inductors, and capacitors is equal to the total electromotive force in a closed circuit.

From Textbooks Mar. 30, 2016

The electromotive force becomes the right-hand side of Equation 4.24.

From Textbooks Mar. 30, 2016

We thus use the name electromotive force, abbreviated emf.

From Textbooks Aug. 12, 2015

Thus the theory is only applicable when the electromotive force is not affected by variation of temperature.

From Lord Kelvin An account of his scientific life and work by Andrew Gray




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