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Grade 12General Physics

The elctric fiield at the centre axial point of a dipole is zero.???

Profile image of Srushti Deshmukh
12 Years agoGrade 12
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Profile image of Mukesh Sharma
12 Years ago
Electric Potential is a scalar quantity while Electric field is a vector quantity. thus Electric field also depends on the direction on moving charge not only the magnitude. hence Electric potential along equatorial axis = 0 indicates that electric field along this axis is CONSTANT . Thanks & Regards Mukesh Sharma askIITians Faculty