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Polarization

Reaction of an Atom to an Applied Electric Field

Reaction of an Atom to an Applied Electric Field

When an electric field (E) is applied, electrons drift away from the field. Their average location is displaced from the average location of the protons (which hasn't moved) by a distance of d. The atom's dipole moment is represented by M.

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