Formula: Electric Field in Matter Polarization field    Polarization    Vacuum Permittivity

Formula: Electric Field in Matter
External field is weakened in the dielectric material

Polarization field

Unit
Polarization field is an electric field created due to polarization \( \class{red}{P} \), which is directed against the external electric field \( \class{purple}{E} \).

Polarization

Unit
Polarization describes the density of electric dipoles in a material (number per volume) and induces a polarization field \( \class{purple}{E_{\text{p}}} \), which can be aligned either opposite or in the same direction as the external electric field, thereby amplifying or weakening the external electric field.

Vacuum Permittivity

Unit
The vacuum permittivity is a physical constant that appears in equations involving electromagnetic fields. It has the following experimentally determined value: $$ \varepsilon_0 ~\approx~ 8.854 \, 187 \, 8128 ~\cdot~ 10^{-12} \, \frac{\mathrm{As}}{\mathrm{Vm}} $$

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