Will the electric field lines of a dipole point in the same direction as the dipole moment?
Will the electric field lines of a dipole point in the same direction as the dipole moment?
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Not really. The electric dipole moment vector directs or points from the negative charge to the positive charge. But the electric field lines that a dipole creates will point away from the positive and move to the negative charge.
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