Can you interchange the positions of the battery in the auxiliary circuit and cell whose emf is to be determined in potentiometer circuit diagram?
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No, the battery used in series with potentiometer wire should be of greater emf than emf of the cell to be determined. If two are interchanged, the balance point will not be obtianed at any point on the potentiometer wire.
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