The document discusses deriving expressions related to electric dipoles placed in uniform electric fields, including the torque on a dipole, defining the electric dipole moment, depicting the stable and unstable orientations of a dipole in a field, deriving the work done by rotating a dipole in a field, and deriving the potential energy of a dipole in an external electric field. It provides examples of questions that have appeared on different exams.
The document discusses deriving expressions related to electric dipoles placed in uniform electric fields, including the torque on a dipole, defining the electric dipole moment, depicting the stable and unstable orientations of a dipole in a field, deriving the work done by rotating a dipole in a field, and deriving the potential energy of a dipole in an external electric field. It provides examples of questions that have appeared on different exams.
The document discusses deriving expressions related to electric dipoles placed in uniform electric fields, including the torque on a dipole, defining the electric dipole moment, depicting the stable and unstable orientations of a dipole in a field, deriving the work done by rotating a dipole in a field, and deriving the potential energy of a dipole in an external electric field. It provides examples of questions that have appeared on different exams.
electric dipole placed in a unifonn electric field, : (UPB.2012, 14, 18· )
CBSE 2007, 08, 12, 14, 16)
2. Define the term electric dipole moment on the basis of the formula for the torque acting on the dipole placed in an electric field. :(UPB 2008, 09, 14) 3. Depict the orientation of the dipole in (i) stable, (ii) unstable equilibrium. in a ·uniform electric field, (CBSE 1007; 08, l -0, 12, 15, 17, 19) 4, Derive an expression for the work _done in rotating a dipole in a uniform electric field, (UPB 2011, 17, 19; CBSE 2010, 16) 5. Derive an expression for the potential energy of an electric ffeld of dipole moment Pplaced in a · uniform external electric field E. (CBSE 2015, 19)