Explain, in not more than two sentences, why the terminal voltage of a cell is less…

PHYSICS · Subjective · A Level · Physics · Electricity · Electricity

Problem

Explain, in not more than two sentences, why the terminal voltage of a cell is less than its emf when the cell is supplying current to an external circuit.

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