Question

Do the inductors store voltage?

Answer 1

Hint: An inductor is a 2 terminal electrical component that stores the energy in a magnetic field when the current flows through it. The inductors work as a current source. The inductor stores the energy in the form of magnetic energy.
Formula used:
\[L=\dfrac{v}{{}^{di}/{}_{dt}}\]

Complete answer:
The magnetic field that surrounds the inductors stores the energy when the current flows through the field. The inductor becomes a current source when the amount of current is decreased slowly such that the magnetic field starts to collapse and release the energy.
As the inductor is an insulated wire wound into a coil, whenever the current passes through it, the magnetic field gets generated. When the current flowing through the coil changes, a time-varying magnetic field induces an emf (voltage) in it. As a result, the inductor opposes any change in the current through it.
The inductance is the property of the inductor that causes emf (voltage) to be generated by the change in current flow.
The inductance of the inductor in terms of the current and voltage is given as follows.
\[L=\dfrac{v}{{}^{di}/{}_{dt}}\]
Where v is the voltage across the inductor, and \[\dfrac{di}{dt}\]is the instantaneous rate of current change.
Basically, the inductors store the electrical energy supplied in the form of magnetic energy.
\[\therefore \] The inductors do not store voltage, only the voltage drop occurs, whenever there is any change in the current flow, that is, the increase in the current flow.

Note:
An inductor consists of an insulated wire wound into a coil. When the current through an inductor remains constant, then, the voltage across the inductor becomes zero. The strength or the storing of the magnetic field in the form of energy by the inductor depends on the magnitude of the current flow.