What is potential difference? Is it a scalar quantity or a vector quantity? Give its $SI$ units.

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(N/A) Potential difference between two points in an electric circuit is defined as the amount of work done in moving a unit positive charge from one point to the other.
It is a scalar quantity because it only has magnitude and no specific direction.
The $SI$ unit of potential difference is the volt $(V)$,which is equivalent to joules per coulomb $(J/C)$.

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