What is the name of the quantity P ?

sgsawant · May 7, 2010

What is the name of the quantity "P"?

I tried to learn Electric Displacement "D". I think I have fairly understood it. But there's one thing that is nagging me. The quantity "P".

On the link - http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/E/electric_displacement.html" - I read the equation : D = ε0E + P. In this what does "P" stand for?

Please help.

Regards,

-sgsawant

nicksauce · May 7, 2010

It's usually called the Polarization or the Polarization vector.

sgsawant · May 7, 2010

Thanks!

What is the name of the quantity P ?

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