The Dipole

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The applets below display two equal and opposite charges. The first image is the same one you saw in the section about two opposite point charges. The final frame, however, shows us an electric dipole arrangement, where the charges are very close together.

Use the field applet to explore this charge configuration( Remember how ?).

Now move on to learn about an important application of electric dipoles.


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