Practice question · True or false
An electric field induced by a changing magnetic flux can be described by a scalar potential.
Hints
- What is the curl of the induced electric field?
- A field with non-zero curl cannot be a gradient.
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False
Why
False, the induced field has , and only a curl-free field can be written as a gradient. This is exactly where the electrostatic potential picture stops working.
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