Can a Stable Dipole Exist Without Charges Neutralizing?

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A stable dipole can exist without charges neutralizing due to the influence of an external force that separates the charges. When a strong uniform external electric field is applied, positive and negative charges move in opposite directions, overcoming their mutual attraction. Charges do not exist independently; they are associated with charged bodies. For example, two non-conductive beads with opposite charges will attract and stick together, forming a dipole without fully neutralizing. This illustrates that a dipole can maintain its stability despite the presence of opposite charges.
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Why aren't positive and negative charges attracted to each other?
 
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FerN61 said:
Why aren't positive and negative charges attracted to each other?


They are, it's an external force that separates the charges into a dipole. If you apply a sufficietly strong uniform external field to the charges, the positive charges will want to go one way in the field, the negative charges will want to go the opposite ditection. Your external field overcomes the field of attraction between the charges.
 
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"Charge" does not exist by itself, bodies can be charged. Think you have two beads made of some plastic, and give positive charge to one and negative to the other. The beads will attract each other and stick together at the end. Their charges can not wholly neutralize as the beads do not conduct electricity. One side of this "dipole" is positive, the other is negative.

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