Electric Polarization - Revision history

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Computational Model

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	1. External Electric Field		1. External Electric Field
	Created by two capacitor plates (blue = negative, red = positive).		Created by two capacitor plates (blue = negative, red = positive)

	2. Neutral Atoms in a Dielectric		2. Neutral Atoms in a Dielectric

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Computational Model

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	1. External Electric Field		1. External Electric Field
	Created by two capacitor plates (blue = negative, red = positive).		Created by two capacitor plates (blue = negative, red = positive).

	2. Neutral Atoms in a Dielectric		2. Neutral Atoms in a Dielectric
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	- Atoms become induced dipoles		- Atoms become induced dipoles
	- The dielectric shows polarization alignment		- The dielectric shows polarization alignment

	~~This is the fundamental microscopic picture of '''electric polarization''' taught in introductory electromagnetism.~~

	=== Conductors and Insulators ===		=== Conductors and Insulators ===

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Computational Model

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	1. External Electric Field		1. External Electric Field
	Created by two capacitor plates (blue = negative, red = positive).		Created by two capacitor plates (blue = negative, red = positive).

	2. Neutral Atoms in a Dielectric		2. Neutral Atoms in a Dielectric

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Computational Model

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	- The dielectric shows polarization alignment		- The dielectric shows polarization alignment

	This is the fundamental microscopic picture of '''"electric polarization"''' taught in introductory electromagnetism.		This is the fundamental microscopic picture of '''electric polarization''' taught in introductory electromagnetism.

	=== Conductors and Insulators ===		=== Conductors and Insulators ===

2025-11-24T03:51:51Z

Computational Model

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	- The dielectric shows polarization alignment		- The dielectric shows polarization alignment

	This is the fundamental microscopic picture of electric polarization taught in introductory electromagnetism.		This is the fundamental microscopic picture of '''"electric polarization"''' taught in introductory electromagnetism.

	=== Conductors and Insulators ===		=== Conductors and Insulators ===

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Computational Model

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	- The dielectric shows polarization alignment		- The dielectric shows polarization alignment

	This is the fundamental microscopic picture of electric polarization taught in introductory electromagnetism.		This is the fundamental microscopic picture of electric polarization taught in introductory electromagnetism.

	=== Conductors and Insulators ===		=== Conductors and Insulators ===

2025-11-24T03:50:25Z

Computational Model

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	1. External Electric Field		1. External Electric Field
			Created by two capacitor plates (blue = negative, red = positive).
	Created by two capacitor plates (blue = negative, red = positive).

	2. Neutral Atoms in a Dielectric		2. Neutral Atoms in a Dielectric
			Each atom consists of:
	Each atom consists of:		- A red nucleus
			- A cyan electron cloud
	A red nucleus

	A cyan electron cloud

	3. Polarization		3. Polarization
			When the user presses 'p', the electric field toggles ON/OFF:
	When the user presses 'p', the electric field toggles ON/OFF:		- Electron clouds shift opposite the field direction
			- Atoms become induced dipoles
	Electron clouds shift opposite the field direction		- The dielectric shows polarization alignment

	Atoms become induced dipoles

	The dielectric shows polarization alignment

	This is the fundamental microscopic picture of electric polarization taught in introductory electromagnetism.		This is the fundamental microscopic picture of electric polarization taught in introductory electromagnetism.

2025-11-24T03:49:17Z

Computational Model

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 === Computational Model ===
-[https://trinket.io/glowscript/53eeede7fd0d This link shows a computational model] that
+[https://trinket.io/glowscript/53eeede7fd0d This link shows a GlowScript computational model] that visualizes the following:
 === Conductors and Insulators ===

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Computational Model

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	=== Computational Model ===		=== Computational Model ===
	~~Below de~~		[https://trinket.io/glowscript/53eeede7fd0d This link shows a computational model] that
	~~{{#widget:Iframe~~
	~~\| url=~~https://~~www~~.glowscript~~.org/#/user/YourUsername/folder~~/~~PolarizationModel~~
	~~\| width=900~~
	~~\| height=600~~
	}}

	=== Conductors and Insulators ===		=== Conductors and Insulators ===

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Computational Model

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	=== Computational Model ===		=== Computational Model ===
	Below de		Below de
			{{#widget:Iframe
	~~<iframe>~~		\| url=https://www.glowscript.org/#/user/YourUsername/folder/PolarizationModel
	~~src~~="https://www.glowscript.org/#/user/~~Slanze~~/folder/~~MyPrograms/program/Dipole"~~		\| width=900
	width="900"		\| height=600
	height="600"		}}
	~~frameborder="0">~~
	~~</iframe>~~

	=== Conductors and Insulators ===		=== Conductors and Insulators ===