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Nonideal battery

Written by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025
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Verified for the 2027 exam•Written by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025

Definition

A battery with internal resistance that reduces the potential difference across its terminals when current flows, modeled as an ideal battery in series with an internal resistance.

AP course connection

Topic 11.5: 11.5 Compound Direct Current Circuits

Unit 11

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