diff --git a/education/physics/PHYS2220/Electric Charge.md b/education/physics/PHYS2220/Electric Charge.md index acabd96..a6204c4 100644 --- a/education/physics/PHYS2220/Electric Charge.md +++ b/education/physics/PHYS2220/Electric Charge.md @@ -27,4 +27,6 @@ This means that to find the net force acting on a single charge, you add up all # The Electric Dipole An electric dipole consists of two point charges of equal magnitude but opposite sign. Many molecules behave like dipoles. - **Electric dipole moment** ($p$) is defined as the product of the charge $q$ and the separation $d$ between the two charges making up the dipole. $p = qd$ -- The dipole field \ No newline at end of file +- The dipole field at large distances decreases as the inverse *cube* of the distance. This is because the dipole has zero *net* charge. + +# Continuous Charge Distributions