Editing Volt (section)

{{Short description|SI derived unit of voltage}}
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{{Infobox Unit
| name = volt
| image = [[File:NISTvoltChip.jpg|240px]]
| caption = [[Josephson voltage standard]] chip developed by the [[NIST|National Bureau of Standards]] as a standard volt
| standard = [[SI]]
| quantity = [[electric potential]], [[electromotive force]]
| symbol = V
| dimension = M⋅L<sup>2</sup>⋅T<sup>−3</sup>⋅I
| namedafter = [[Alessandro Volta]]
| extralabel = [[SI base unit]]s
| extradata = [[kilogram|kg]]⋅[[metre|m]]<sup>2</sup>⋅[[second|s]]<sup>−3</sup>⋅[[ampere|A]]<sup>−1</sup>
}}

The '''volt''' (symbol: '''V''') is the unit of [[electric potential]], [[Voltage#Galvani potential vs. electrochemical potential|electric potential difference]] ([[voltage]]), and [[electromotive force]] in the [[International System of Units|International System of Units (SI)]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bipm.org/en/si/si_brochure/chapter2/2-2/table3.html |title=SI Brochure, Table 3 (Section 2.2.2) |access-date=29 July 2007 |year=2006 |publisher=BIPM |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070618123613/http://www.bipm.org/en/si/si_brochure/chapter2/2-2/table3.html |archive-date=18 June 2007}}</ref>