Question

If you transfer some positive charge to a battery's positive terminal, some of that charge will quickly move to the battery's negative terminal. Will the battery's store of chemical potential energy have changed and, if so, will it have increased or decreased

Answer 1

Yes, the battery's store of chemical potential energy will have decreased. Work is done on the positive charge in moving that charge to the battery's positive terminal. Chemical potential energy is converted into electrostatic potential energy in pushing the positive charge up a voltage gradient. Hope this helps!

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