10.6: Electric Potential Energy

Describe the electric potential energy of a system.

10.6.A.1 The electric potential energy of a system of two point charges equals the amount of work done by an external force to bring the point charges to their current positions from infinitely far away.

10.6.A.2 The general form for the electric potential energy between two charged objects is given by the equation

10.6.A.3 The total electric potential energy of a system can be determined by finding the sum of the electric potential energy of the individual interactions between each pair of charged objects within the system